June 28, 2026 

When the House released the text of their KIDS Act, we immediately saw its flaws. Not only did it create the illusion of protecting children while weakening the laws and legal pathways families rely on to hold technology companies accountable, it actively made things worse because it eliminated the duty of care, exempted harms that killed our children, and fell far short on chatbot harms. These concerns have not been addressed.

While we are encouraged to see that, after nearly 100 advocacy organizations spoke out in fierce opposition, including survivor-parent-led groups like ours and storied civil rights groups like the NAACP, the House Energy and Commerce Committee amended the language to to allow states to enact more

protective laws, those amendments alone should not be reason to enact bad policy that inoculates the very Big Tech companies that had a hand in ending our children’s lives.

As we have said before, survivor parents aren’t just advocates in this process. We are the living consequences of Big Tech’s dangerous and predatory choices. We have sat across from Energy and Commerce Committee staff and members in hearings, markups, and meetings. We have told our children’s stories to this Committee, time and time again– not because we wanted to but because we believed that if Congress heard them enough times, they would act. We have been clear about what meaningful legislation requires and what we will not accept. 

We will continue to fight for kids online safety legislation that changes the way Big Tech does their business, allows states to hold them accountable, and protects future children from harm.