
Internet Safety Month Victories: App Store Accountability Act, Apple + Android
This Internet Safety Month, we celebrate progress with major gatekeepers of children’s digital experiences: namely, app stores and smartphones.

This Internet Safety Month, we celebrate progress with major gatekeepers of children’s digital experiences: namely, app stores and smartphones.
A NCOSE employee created a Kik account with the username “Im12BeNice.” Immediately, she was flooded with sexual messages and nude photos.

The Parents Over Platforms Act would make the online world even more dangerous for children than it already is.

NCOSE partnered with Fairplay to file a complaint with the FTC alleging that Roblox intentionally exploits children for financial gain and misleads parents about their safety features.

Haley McNamara (Executive Director and Chief Strategy Officer at NCOSE) sits down with Layne Shill, the Director of the Parent Center at NCOSE. They discuss

The Parent Center AI tool is responsibly trained on trusted resources so that it can answer your questions about keeping your kids safe online.

The GUARD Act is a key piece of legislation needed to protect kids from the harms of AI chatbots and AI companions. After advancing out of committee, it could go to Senate for a floor vote.

xAI’s “Grok” builds chatbots to normalize rape, sexual violence, and prostitution/sex trafficking, and image generators to create sexual imagery.

Haley McNamara (Executive Director and CSO at NCOSE) is joined by cybersecurity expert Nicolas Moy. They discuss the PC gaming platform, Steam. It has made

In 2021, NCOSE formally removed Google Chromebooks from the Dirty Dozen List. In 2026, Chromebooks is back on the list. Find out why.

Is Discord safe for kids? No. Haley McNamara (Executive Director and CSO) and Tim Nester (VP, Communications) talk about Discord and why it’s on the

In this podcast episode, Haley McNamara (Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Director at NCOSE) and Dani Pinter (Chief Legal Officer and Director of the NCOSE
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