New Executive Order Blocks States from Regulating A.I.
On Thursday evening, President Trump signed an executive order blocking states from enacting any laws regulating A.I.. The executive order also creates a federal task force designated to challenge current state AI laws in place.
The order was originally drafted to pre-empt all state laws regulating child online safety, but this language did not make it into the final draft, thankfully. However, the implications of blocking states from regulating A.I. are still very dangerous.
There have been several cases of A.I. chatbots grooming children to
die by suicide
,
engage in self-harm
,
isolate from friends and family who could have offered support
, and more.
Against this backdrop, many states have been working hard and working quickly to pass legislation that would protect their constituents. The last thing we should do is stop that work.
The desire to stop states from legislating A.I. has been framed as an attempt to prevent a “patchwork” of differing state legislation that would be too difficult for the tech industry to keep up with. But this argument springs from the tech industry’s disingenuous lobbying.
Most industries in America have to comply with differing state legislation.
Why should it be so difficult for the tech industry to do so, when they are the most powerful industry in the world, worth trillions of dollars? The truth is,
the tech industry is already extremely well-positioned to comply with state legislation, because they already geolocate their users to serve targeted ads and collect user data based on location
. Certainly, it would be a simple task to adjust safety settings based on state. It is not that the tech industry can’t do this—it’s that they don’t want to.
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Read the blog to learn more about why NCOSE opposes this order and what it means for child online safety.
🎧 Listen to this week's podcast episode of the Ending Sexploitation Podcast on this executive order, available on
Spotify
,
Apple Podcasts
, and
Youtube.
📣ACTION:
Ask Congress to Pass the AI LEAD Act and GUARD Act!
The AI LEAD Act
and
the GUARD Act
are bipartisan federal bills that propose complimentary solutions to the harms of AI.
The Hill:
Wizz, the 'Tinder for kids' app, exposes kids to predators. Congress must act.
"An app called “Wizz” has been making headlines lately for connecting minors with sexual predators. Many have described this app as a “Tinder for kids.” It’s the same iconic swipe right-swipe left functionality, and the same purpose of meeting up with strangers — only this time, targeted at both teens and adults.
What’s the result of this app design? A12-year-old girl meeting up with a supposed 14-year-old boy that Wizz connected her with … only to discover
the “boy” was an adult male, who sexually assaulted her.
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Haley McNamara and Lily Moric, executive director and communications and content strategist at NCOSE, respectively, crafted a opinion piece for the Hill on the dangerous app known as Wizz.
Wizz's failed approach to child safety has resulted in minors being sexually abused by adults they met on Wizz. The premise of the app is to connect teens with other teens, but it is remarkably easy for adults to lie about their age and connect with minors on Wizz due to their faulty age verification technology.
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Learn more about Wizz by checking out the op-ed from Haley and Lily in the Hill.
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Watch Lily's interview with GBNews on the harms Wizz poses to kids and teens.
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ACTION:
Urge Congress to repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act!
Section 230 acts as a legal shield for tech platforms, even as they continue to harm users, especially children, on their platforms.
The 2025 Gratitude Report is Here: Together, We Are The Wave
After a year of relentless advocacy and steadfast support from passionate activists like you, we have achieved some of our greatest victories yet!
A groundbreaking Supreme Court decision that affirmed it was lawful for states to enact age verification on pornography websites; the signing into law of the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which criminalizes the creation and distribution of image-based sexual abuse; and despite pressure, survivors never gave up on the campaign to release the Epstein files, culminating in magnificent success.
These victories, as well as the many others we’ve accomplished this year, are a testament to the consistent benevolence and determination of NCOSE supporters. Without you fueling our work every single day, these wins would not have been possible.
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Read a summary of our biggest victories from 2025 in the blog.
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Download the 2025 Gratitude Report to see
everything
you’ve accomplished this year.
TIME:
How the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein Beat Washington at Its Own Game
"
The most unwilling
sorority in the country met three months ago on the rooftop of a law firm, just a block away from the White House’s campus. Survivors of convicted sex offender
Jeffrey Epstein
and his accomplice
Ghislaine Maxwell
mingled under the September dusk. Some were meeting each other for the first time. They had ostensibly gathered to make posters for the next day’s
rally
at the Capitol, but something more meaningful unfolded. Slowly, and without many words, the survivors came to understand their shared trauma and see around them a support network they didn’t know they needed. The realization seemed to harden their resolve, and jelled into one of the most efficient political movements to hit Washington in decades."
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Read the full article from TIME here.
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