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May 9, 2023
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On Both Sides of the Aisle, Congress Is Stepping Up to Confront Digital Harms
Clare Morell and Michael Toscano
National Review
Big Tech has designed its social-media platforms to addict our children. It is a predatory industry, hooking kids to maximize “user engagement” for profit. These companies have proven themselves to be disinterested in the welfare of children. Rather, they are in a race to the bottom to capture young users first. Now, Congress is saying “enough.”
Current federal law to date, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) of 1998, has rendered parents practically powerless to prevent their children from opening a social-media account.
COPPA says that companies may not collect data on minors under the age of 13, and since this is how social media’s business model operates, the de facto age for creating an account has been 13. But it has not been meaningfully enforced because the knowledge standard for liability is extremely high. For social-media companies to be liable for allowing an underage child on their platforms, they had to have “actual knowledge” that the user was underage (essentially meaning they’d need a user’s birth certificate to know that). The result is that eight- to twelve-year-olds are all over social media.
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And for the Institute for Family Studies, Patrick Brown also analyses the potential impact of the new bipartisan "Protecting Kids on Social Media Act." ([link removed])
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MORE FROM CLARE MORELL
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Clare appeared on EWTN News Nightly last week to discuss the Protecting Kids on Social Media Act.
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For National Review, Stanley Kurtz writes about a new bill based on his own model legislation ([link removed]) passed by the Florida legislature banning political litmus tests at universities and requiring public debate on political controversies.
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For CNN, Patrick writes about the problems the looming border crisis pose for President Biden ([link removed]) .
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For the Federalist Society, Rachel Morrison explains newly proposed rules from the Department of Education related to sex-specific athletic teams ([link removed]) .
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In his column in the Washington Post, Henry Olsen calls on the Supreme Court to overturn the "Chevron doctrine." ([link removed])
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EPPC scholars regularly file amicus briefs in key cases to promote a true and full account of human nature and human flourishing in American constitutional law. Compiled here ([link removed]) are some of our amicus briefs in cases addressing the right to life, marriage, gender ideology, religious freedom, free speech, and the rule of law.
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EPPC Building a Culture of Life
As the Supreme Court prepared to issue its Dobbs ruling in the Summer of 2022, EPPC launched its Life and Family Initiative to advance a pro-life, profamily agenda that responds to the realities of the post-Roe future. Take a look at some of the work featured in our new 2022 Annual Report.
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** From Medics to Merchants Of Death
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Dr. Aaron Kheriaty went on the Moment of Truth podcast to discuss the origins of the Covid-19 virus, the efficacy of the vaccines, and the troubling ethics of vaccine mandates, gender dysphoria, transgenderism, and euthanasia.
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** THE WEST
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EPISODE 6
Is the West History?
George Weigel and Stanley Kurtz appear in the sixth and final episode of documentary series The West, discussing the future of Western Civilization and our prospects for a renewal based in tradition.
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