OPINION_ SCHWEPPE: Don’t Fall For Big Tech’s Lies. We Need To Protect Our Children

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SCHWEPPE: Don’t Fall For Big Tech’s Lies. We Need To Protect Our Children

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Jon Schweppe
Jon Schweppe is the Director of Policy and Government Affairs for American Principles Project. Follow him on Twitter @JonSchweppe

May 13, 2024 2:17 PM ET


There’s no question that our kids are experiencing a mental health crisis. You would have to be living under a rock (or at least be as dumb as one) to think otherwise.

Teen depression rates have significantly increased, and the sudden nature of this phenomenon closely coincides with growing social media addiction among young people. In fact, a recent study showed that teens who spend just over three hours a day on social media are twice as likely to develop anxiety and depression. Yet teens are now on average spending more than eight hours a day online.

This crisis didn’t just happen by accident. It is a direct result of Big Tech companies deliberately exploiting kids so they can continue to pump up their stock prices. Everyone agrees this is abhorrent behavior, which is why the companies have felt the need to give lip service to Congress about addressing this problem. But they have failed to do anything of substance, stubbornly refusing to put commonsense safeguards in place that would protect their young users from harm.

At this point, we’ve seen enough. We know Big Tech companies aren’t going to do anything on their own, so it’s time to pass legislation to rein them in. That’s why Republican Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Democratic Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal are championing a solution to the problem: the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA).

KOSA is an extremely consequential piece of legislation that would go to great lengths to protect our kids online, and it has a serious chance of becoming law this year – a veto-proof majority of senators have signed onto the bill. This political reality rightfully terrifies Big Tech companies. After all, having unfettered and unsupervised access to children is key to their business model.

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