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Big Tech is failing to protect kids from sexual abuse online. We're here to change that.
Joined August 2023
This is what happens when we let AI into our homes—especially with kids. No guardrails. Real risks. Lives lost. Take action before the White House and Congress strips states’ power to protect families: 👉 https://t.co/VOLl3SzIEj
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Dedicated to: Zane Shamblin, forever 23 Sewell Seltzer, forever 14 Juliana Peralta, forever 13 Amaurie Lacey, forever 17 Adam Raine, forever 16
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This. This and so many other things, but also this.
This is going to backfire. Hard. No parent is going to trust that their kids can’t get through your age gating. They will just push their kids to every other LLM. Why take the risk ? Same for schools. Why take the risk ? A few seniors in HS are 18 and decide it would be
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“We don’t know if [the updates] will actually work and create an environment that is safe for kids." -- @heatinitiative CEO Sarah Gardner via @washingtonpost
https://t.co/98SD3aJSSw
washingtonpost.com
Following a fresh wave of criticism, Instagram says it is rolling out new safety features for teen accounts and surveying parents.
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Meta’s “PG-13” update for #InstagramTeens sounds like progress, but without transparency or independent validation of efficacy, parents have little reason to believe it will actually keep their kids safer. Read our full statement below.
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Instagram launched #TeenAccounts in Sept 2024, promising safer experiences for kids. & yet 47% of 13–15 y/os say they saw unsafe content or unwanted messages in the past month? Even worse... teens say they’ve grown “used to it.” Read more:
time.com
A new report suggests the safeguards Meta rolled out last year have failed to stem safety issues for young users
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🚨BREAKING: Research reveals @Instagram #TeenAccounts are nothing but a PR stunt, full of broken promises. The safety tools don’t work & teens are inundated with harmful content. #MetaFailsTeens Don’t let @Meta’s manipulations trick you🤥. Read our report now!
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Wow. Reuters/@JeffHorwitz with the story: Instagram Teen Accounts are flawed, according to new research by academics and a former Meta engineer: "Features meant to prevent young users from surfacing self-harm-related content by blocking search terms were easily circumvented."
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More coverage on "Teen Accounts, Broken Promises" - the damning report conducted by Arturo Béjar, @cyber4democracy, @fairplayforkids, @parents4sos, @mollyroseorg - from @jeffhorwitz at @Reuters
https://t.co/0AZFAhgcJg
reuters.com
Numerous safety features that Meta has said it has implemented to protect young users on Instagram over the years do not work well or, in some cases, don't exist, according to a report from child-s...
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We supported this research because kids deserve better. Led by whistleblower Arturo Béjar w/ US & UK academics + child safety groups, the findings are damning: 80% of Instagram’s “teen safety” tools don’t work. Read the full report: https://t.co/OrzIfQE1jd
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669 harmful interactions in 50 hrs. ... That's once every 5 minutes. https://t.co/DL0zzpUf6W is letting kids get groomed, manipulated, abused & exposed to racist roleplay. Read the full report:
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Appalling & yet wholly unsurprising that @Apple's negligent #AppStore policies didn't catch this. Demand @tim_cook take action now: https://t.co/uKSj5IWcwx
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Parents and survivors are leading this movement with fierce love and lived truth. ❤️🔥 Watch Jennie’s message to Apple. Then take action. https://t.co/B2FxvapmKE
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This isn’t a glitch. It’s intentional. @Meta 's products harm kids... by design. Thank you @designitforus & @accountabletech for exposing these harms.
Accountable Tech asked five young people in our coalition to test Instagram Teen Accounts, which are meant to protect teens online. Our participants found that these accounts don't always live up to Meta’s promises. https://t.co/oj163X1ToO
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"When you dream at night, do you see our children’s faces?" We took to the street because we refuse to let Big Tech hide behind profits while children are harmed every day on their platforms built. Watch what happened. And then join us. https://t.co/MkKD39vBrz
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The #KidsOnlineSafetyAct has been reintroduced, and #Apple supports it. We have some thoughts. Read our full statement below. 🔥
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60+ orgs, including @heatinitiative, @angelq_ai, Social Media Victims Law Center, and many others, are demanding action to protect kids from unregulated AI. The risks are real. And they're growing. Read the declaration:
angelq.ai
We joined over 60 orgs to urgently call on Congress to champion a safer, more responsible, and ethical digital future for our children.
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Today, we demanded that those in power act. Not someday. Not when it’s convenient. Now. Because clearly @Meta's current approach is failing. And every day without stronger safeguards means more kids at risk. @DesignItForUs @ptogetheraction
Parents who lost children to online harms protest outside of Meta’s NYC office | TechCrunch
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Grieving families hold vigil outside New York City Meta office, demand more protections for kids https://t.co/ykFKq5V9za
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