A coalition of parents, advocates, and lawmakers, including the group Mothers Against Media Addiction (MAMA) and Senator Gounardes, rallied outside Meta's New York City offices to call for greater protections for children online. They are advocating for two proposed New York Senate bills aimed at limiting social media companies' ability to collect children's data and to offer an opt-out of algorithmic feeds for minors. The movement, supported by @_WeAreMAMA and @Sen_Gounardes, highlights growing concerns over the safety and privacy of young internet users, with critics accusing social media platforms of facilitating harmful practices like sextortion. Canadian Member of Parliament Arif Virani, @viraniarif, also addressed the issue, referencing the Online Harms Act as a step towards safeguarding youth online, in the wake of a tragedy attributed to online harms, emphasizing the government's commitment to #ProtectKidsOnline.
Children need us to come together to protect them from the dangers of social media and tech companies. This data should be a wakeup call. #RealSoluitonsForKids https://t.co/lZKvglVkEZ
More than a dozen parents assembled in front of a Meta office on Friday, advocating for two New York Senate bills that would limit the ability of social media platforms to collect children’s data and algorithmically recommend content to them. https://t.co/AHH2DJ1C6B
A group called Mothers Against Media Addiction rallied today outside Meta's office in Manhattan, calling for big tech companies to put kids first and stop addictive social media algorithms. @NatDuddridgeTV has the story. https://t.co/OC33qKSCMv
MAMA, lawmakers rally outside Meta headquarters calling for kids privacy and safety online https://t.co/M1PfJd78rW https://t.co/zbVekn4gyn
Another young life tragically lost to preventable online harms. I want to assure Harry’s family, and all Canadian parents, that keeping young people safe is our top priority. That’s why we tabled the Online Harms Act. We will do everything in our power to #ProtectKidsOnline. https://t.co/sfSW57Xts6
This is heartbreaking - and preventable. How many times do we have to say it? Social media companies MUST be held accountable for their unsafe products & how they facilitate sextortion of our youth. @viraniarif, when will Canada protect children online? https://t.co/kLqerlvbiP
A group of parents and advocates with the new anti-big tech group @_WeAreMAMA are in front of Meta’s NYC offices with @Sen_Gounardes speaking about two proposed NY bills that would limit the collection of children’s social media data and opt-out of algorithmic feeds for kids https://t.co/4rCj956TfR