Social Media and Children’s Safety: Kids Online Safety Act Needed

It was the world’s worst-kept secret. Over many years, a powerful businessman was responsible for hurting more children than we’ll probably ever know. Not only was there no accountability, but his fellow elites even fawned over him. He met with presidents and was lauded for his philanthropy. And after his predatory behavior was exposed, it led to a lot of performative outrage but no real justice for those who had been harmed.

I’m talking, of course, about Mark Zuckerberg, the Meta CEO who is scheduled to testify today in a landmark trial of social media companies for addicting children to their platforms.

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Josh Golin

Josh Golin is the executive director of Fairplay, an organization dedicated to protecting kids from the exploitative practices of Big Tech.

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It was the world’s worst-kept secret. Over many years, a powerful businessman was responsible for hurting more children than we’ll probably ever know. Not only was there no accountability, but his fellow elites even fawned over him. He met with presidents and was lauded for his philanthropy. And after his predatory behavior was exposed, it led to a lot of performative outrage but no real justice for those who had been harmed.

I’m talking, of course, about Mark Zuckerberg, the Meta CEO who is scheduled to testify today in a landmark trial of social media companies for addicting children to their platforms.