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ParentsTogether Action retweeted
Over 100 orgs led by Design it For Us, Young People's Alliance, Parents Rise, NCOSE, and ParentsTogether.
Wow a lot of pushback to the House version of KOSA from a long list of groups here. Many were key to drafting prior versions. I was wondering if they’d stick together and it seems they are techoversight.org/wp-content…
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"The trial in Los Angeles is ramping up public pressure for Congress to act, and we must heed the call to hold Big Tech accountable." Read theop-ed by Sen. @MarshaBlackburn, lead sponsor of the bipartisan #KidsOnlineSafetyAct, in @washingtonpost washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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ParentsTogether Action retweeted
incredible. survivor parents, @heatinitiative and @ptogetheraction protesting Sacks' & R's attempts to jam AI preemption through Congress with a major projection across from the Capitol
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We joined @UltraViolet to host an in-game petition delivery & protest at a virtual Roblox HQ w/ NPCs carrying signs demanding safety from Roblox. Exploitation & abuse is happening unchecked on the platform. Sign the petition to demand change.
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ParentsTogether Action retweeted
We passed some of the nation’s strongest AI safeguards to protect kids, workers, and consumers. Trump’s response is to punish states for those protections and shield the very companies trying to dodge accountability. Another gift to corporations at everyone else’s expense.
Breaking news: The Trump administration is drafting an executive order that would direct the Justice Department to sue states that pass laws regulating artificial intelligence, according to a copy reviewed by The Post. wapo.st/4i9CNYI
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ParentsTogether Action retweeted
Big AI companies are trying to restrict states from regulating AI by adding a dangerous eleventh-hour provision to the annual National Defense Authorization Act. Contact your representatives – there are only a few days left to stop this! Link: linktr.ee/StopTheAIBan
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TODAY at 1pm ET, join Center for Countering Digital Hate, @heatinitiative, & ParentsTogether Action for a webinar w/ special guest Senator @DickDurbin on the dangers of AI chatbots & the need for the AI LEAD Act. Register here: bit.ly/49SkWDz
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Meta projected it would earn approx $16 billion in 2024—10% of its overall annual revenue—from running ads for scams & banned goods across Facebook, Insta, & WhatsApp. Internal docs show Meta exposed users to 15 billion "higher risk" scam ads DAILY. reuters.com/investigations/m…
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A planning document for first half 2023 notes that "everyone who worked on the team handling advertiser concerns about brand-rights issues had been laid off," and safety staffers were ordered to restrict computing resources and merely "keep the lights on".
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Sandeep Abraham, a fraud examiner and former Meta safety investigator, told Reuters: "If regulators wouldn't tolerate banks profiting from fraud, they shouldn't tolerate it in tech."
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For @Reuters, @JeffHorwitz reveals what parents with teens on Instagram have come to suspect: Instagram Teens isn't living up to @Meta's promises. Academics & a former Meta engineer put 47 safety features Meta touted to the test. Only 17% actually work. reuters.com/business/instagr…
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ParentsTogether Action retweeted
Californians fought all year for two bills that will help keep kids safe online. @GavinNewsom, I hope you'll sign them to hold big tech accountable: AB1064 protects kids from unsafe AI companions and AB56 requires warning labels on addictive social media platforms.
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RT @rweingarten: The AFT opposes these companion chatbots for kids. x.com/ptogetheraction/status…

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Bombshell research on Character AI from ParentsTogether & @heatinitiative in the @washingtonpost today. Researchers had 669 harmful interactions -grooming, manipulation, telling kids to like to their parents- in 50 hrs. That's once every 5 minutes. washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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RT @Loriaschott: **Thank You for Standing Up for Our Kids-We Made History!** I want to extend my heartfelt gratitude to everyone in my/Ann…
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