WASHINGTON, DC (July 30, 2024) – The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) commended the U.S. Senate for passing the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) today.
“The Kids Online Safety Act changes social media platforms’ focus from a duty of profit—exploiting children’s developmental vulnerabilities—to a duty of care, protecting children’s safety and wellbeing,” said Dawn Hawkins, CEO, National Center on Sexual Exploitation.
“Parents whose children have died by suicide after being sexually extorted by predators on Instagram; children who have been raped by predators who groomed them on Snapchat; and families who have been devastated by fentanyl-laced drugs bought on social media platforms deserve to see KOSA signed into law to prevent these and other harms from happening to other children.
“Now the U.S. House must also pass the Kids Online Safety Act – children cannot wait any longer. It is time to hold Big Tech accountable for prioritizing people over profit,” Hawkins said.
About National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE)
Founded in 1962, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) is the leading national non-partisan organization exposing the links between all forms of sexual exploitation such as child sexual abuse, prostitution, sex trafficking and the public health harms of pornography. https://endsexualexploitation.org/
