Is there anything - ANYTHING - Big Tech won’t do for a quick buck? Now we learn Meta’s chatbots were programmed to carry on explicit and “sensual” talk with 8 year olds. It’s sick. I’m launching a full investigation to get answers. Big Tech: Leave our kids alone

"The time for voluntary industry standards ended with [Sewell Setzer III's] life. States and Congress must act now, or our children will pay the price for what comes next." Great piece by Annie Chestnut indianagazette.com/opinion/commen…

IFS surveyed 2,000 Americans on tech regulation and A.I. safety. Looks like protecting children and regulating tech companies is an extremely popular, bipartisan stance. 🧵

Congress can't lose on this issue.

Compelling and deeply disheartening stories from parents shared today at the Senate Judiciary hearing. What can be done to prevent these harms from AI chatbots? Here are several ideas for Congress:

"Innovation must not come at the cost of our children's lives, or anyone's life. Our children are not experiments. They're not data points or profit centers. They are human beings with minds and souls that cannot simply be reprogrammed once they are harmed."

This is so bad it's barely worth a tweet. ASAA is about contract law, not content moderation. "Impedes commerce"? Since when do companies have an absolute right to contract with minors without parental consent?

. Computer & Communications Industry Association’s argument in a nutshell: #BigTech has a constitutional right to contract with minors outside of their parents’ purview. Contracts signed by minors are unenforceable, but the app stores, including Apple’s and Google’s, make all users – including children – sign a

You'll want to keep your eye on this!

My latest for the The Institute for Family Studies. New research suggests that boys fare better under bell-to-bell cellphone bans. Read the full article here: ifstudies.org/blog/bell-to-b…

But I thought it just couldn’t be done? Guess it can. Now that that’s settled, let’s pass ⁦Mike Lee⁩ and ⁦Rep. John James⁩’s App Store Accountability Act federally! developer.apple.com/news/?id=2ezb6…

🔥 Honored to co-author this with Jared Hayden (The Institute for Family Studies) for Deseret News. The App Store Accountability Act brings long-overdue accountability, holding app stores to similar safety and legal standards as brick-and-mortar retailers. deseret.com/opinion/2025/1…