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Here’s How to Actually Keep Kids and Teens Safe Online
The Internet can be a risky place. There are endless feeds filled with posts that contain graphic sexual and violent content, glamorize eating disorders, encourage self-harm or promote discriminatory and offensive diatribes. People often share too much personal information with a too-public audience that includes cyberbullies and strangers with ill intent. And they also risk…
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KOSA and COPPA: Its Impact on K–12 Education
The Kids Online Safety Act, or KOSA, is a bill meant to work in conjunction with COPPA. While COPPA mostly deals with data privacy for minors, KOSA targets the platforms that the user data interacts with. “KOSA legislation is largely focused on platform design” says Irene Ly, policy counsel for Common Sense Media. “It imposes…
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4 Things to Know About Kids Online Safety
Children can stay up and connect 24/7, use an app to see their friends’ locations, and scroll into a TikTok rabbit hole. Beyond the increased feelings of FOMO, access to social media has put people at risk for mental health problems and cyberbullying. That reality led Titania Jordan into a new role tackling parenting in a…