Child Safety is Not Partisan. It’s Common Sense

Families deserve better. Information about how these platforms affect children and adolescents must be made available to researchers, lawmakers, and regulators to ensure products are not designed to manipulate children with algorithmic tricks and sophisticated tactics to lure them into unsafe territory.  Platforms’ internal research already shows that company leaders understand the risks their products pose to young people. This reality points to two urgent priorities:

1. 1. Expanding independent research into the effects of social media on youth; and 
   2. Requiring companies to make data accessible so lawmakers, regulators, and researchers can act responsibly.

Transparency and common-sense regulation are not partisan goals. They are essential steps to building a healthier, safer digital ecosystem for children.