Congress hasn't updated online safety laws in 27 years—before Facebook, before the iPhone, before social media even existed. Our children are navigating a digital world with protections from 1998. 27 years of inaction is 27 years too long. Congress must act NOW.

It is a shame that organizations like the NCAA have for so long been able to benefit from college athletes’ hard work and sacrifice while the athletes themselves are often exploited and mistreated. Our statement opposing the SCORE Act:

I lived the restrictions that kept me from earning while Vanderbilt and the NCAA benefited. The NCAA wants antitrust immunity so it can police athlete deals and return to an era of limited compensation and total control. Congress cannot allow that.

“A vote for the #SCOREAct is a vote against women’s sports.” Period. 💅

@_Sarah_Fuller: “Everyone was making money off of me, except for me.”

@Shaquemgriffin: “I just did what I was told no matter the interviews, no matter the situation I was in.”

The #SCOREAct claims to protect college athletes’ name, image, and likeness. But the fine print tells a different story–it's designed to hand power back to the @NCAA and their powerful allies.

📢 The only thing the #SCOREAct protects is the @NCAA. It only allows NIL deals “at rates commensurate with” those paid to non-athletes, and the NCAA gets to decide whether those rates are reasonable. 📢 Here's what it does and doesn't do: →It does not protect athletes'

Today’s vote on the SCORE Act matters. Antitrust immunity for the NCAA would lock athletes out of the ability to challenge a monopoly that controls their opportunities. College athletes deserve the same rights and protections as every other American. Congress should vote NO!

Name, image, and likeness rights gave college athletes what they should have had all along: the ability to profit from their own work.  Now the #SCOREAct threatens to strip away those hard-won freedoms under the guise of “reform.” Learn more ⬇️

Congress is on the verge of imposing federal restrictions that would strip college athletes of their right to be paid for the use of their own name, image, and likeness. We must act NOW. Contact your representative and demand they protect college athletes' rights.

Their kids had futures. Big Tech stole them.

@USRepKCastor @FrankPallone: "We can all agree that we want our kids and teens to be safe online. Congress, along with parents, educators and states can and should play an active role in keeping minors safe."

@USRepKCastor: “These versions [of legislations] are a gift to the Big Tech companies and a slap in the face to the parents, the experts, the advocates, and to bipartisan members of congress who've worked strong and hard on strong child protection bills.”

While Congress delays action, more kids suffer online. It's time for Congress to pass strong legislation that protects kids online and gives parents the ability to hold Big Tech accountable—not watered-down versions that put profits over our children's safety.

While grieving her son’s death, Megan Garcia discovered he had been sexually groomed by hypersexualized and disturbingly realistic AI chatbot interactions that led him to take his own life. Call your representative NOW to urge them to pass stronger safeguards for kids online.

Happening NOW: An @HouseCommerce Subcommittee hearing on protecting our kids in the digital age. Lawmakers must ensure parents can hold tech companies accountable when their kids are hurt. Tune in ⬇️

Mandi Furniss watched an AI chatbot encourage her son to hurt himself. Without accountability, Big Tech will continue to profit from our children’s pain.  Congress must act NOW.

It’s been 25 years since lawmakers updated online protections for kids—yet powerful interests are threatening to block states from protecting children online.

Grieving parents who lost children to dangerous social media platforms and AI chatbots are urging Congress to act. ⬇️