Kids Online Safety Act Poised to Become First Child Protection Law in 25 Years
A
16-year-old boy
dies by suicide after being sexually extorted by a predator on Instagram…
A
14-year-old girl
, bombarded with pro-eating disorder content on TikTok, becomes so ill that she has to go on a feeding tube for months…
A
15-year-old girl
is raped by a 32-year-old man who groomed her on Snapchat…
These are the kinds of tragedies we hear about weekly. And these are the kinds of tragedies which the
Kids Online Safety Act
(KOSA) could prevent.
The Kids Online Safety Act is poised to become the first online child protection legislation passed by Congress in 25 years. Recently reintroduced, the bill now boasts a whopping 65 Senate co-sponsors, from across the political spectrum.
So, what does it all mean? What are the next steps to get KOSA passed? And if passed, how will KOSA protect our kids?
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ACTION: Urge your House Representatives to Pass KOSA!
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EARN IT Act Blocked by 1 Senator ... You Can Help!
On Wednesday, Senator Lindsey Graham
called for unanimous consent
to immediately pass the
EARN IT Act
, a bill which would hold tech companies accountable for knowingly facilitating child sexual abuse material (a.k.a. "child pornography"), the SHIELD Act, and other legislation to protect children on social media.
Senator Wyden objected, blocking the passage of the EARN IT Act. Because of Senator Wyden’s failure to prioritize children’s safety over the rights of tech companies, EARN IT has not passed the Senate.
While this is frustrating, we continue to press forward to pass this crucial legislation. You can help!
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ACTION: Urge your Senators and Representatives to Pass EARN IT!
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NCOSE Senior Counsel Dani Pinter Receives Award for Legal Advocacy
On International Woman's Day 2024, NCOSE Senior Legal Counsel Dani Pinter Esq. was presented with an award at the 5th annual International Law Conference on the Status of Women. We are so proud of Dani and her incredible work advocating for justice on behalf of survivors!
Watch Dani's acceptance speech here
.
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Online Enticement: An Analysis of Missing Children and Youth 2020-2023
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) released a
new analysis
of 476 cases of online enticement. Specifically, these cases involved children who were lured out of their homes and were reported missing to NCMEC after being groomed online.
Highlights of the data include:
36% of missing children enticed online were recovered in an entirely different state
from where they went missing, which is a much greater proportion than all children reported missing during this same time period (8%).
Victims of online enticement were
younger when compared to their overall missing peers
.
59% of children involved in online enticement cases were 15 years old or younger, compared to 45% of all missing children from the same time period.
Most children were enticed online via conversations with an adult on social media sites, messenger apps, and gaming sites. The five most common sites include:
Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, Discord and TikTok
.
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