Mothers Against Media Addiction

🎧 Episode is LIVE! MAMA founder Julie Scelfo joined Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway on Pivot podcast to discuss MAMA's work, the importance of passing KOSA, and more! Tune in at the link below, or wherever you like to listen to your podcasts! https://lnkd.in/emtQPTSw

Another day, another update from Meta claiming to "protect teens." While we appreciate the effort to offer teens tools to “shape their Instagram experience,” let’s be real: it’s not enough. Meta’s latest fix continues to put the burden of safety on users—while the design of its platform are predatory algorithms. Should children really be expected to outsmart a system designed to addict? This is exactly why we need the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) to pass. It’s time to hold Big Tech accountable for creating platforms that are safe by design, not just patched up after the fact. Our kids deserve better than “optional” safety. Urge your lawmakers to pass KOSA now by filling out MAMA's one-click form. Link below in comments! https://lnkd.in/eDnakpPX

Check out CBS News Pittsburgh’s coverage of MAMA! KDKA’s Kristine Sorensen attended a Pittsburgh chapter meeting to find out what we’re all about. Hear from Brooklyn co-chair Jessica Elefante and Pittsburgh co-chair Colette Walsh about the work MAMA is doing to fight media addiction and promote real-life experiences and interactions for kids.

Keeping kids safe online is such a no-brainer that the Kids Online Safety Act passed in the Senate with bipartisan support, 91-3. Now, KOSA has 64 bipartisan co-sponsors in the House. Surely Meta’s big new data center in Louisiana won’t stop LA leaders like Speaker Johnson and Rep. Scalise from doing right by the families in their state—and the nation —and passing KOSA by the end of the year?? Right?? https://lnkd.in/gaSF6Xxw

The New York Children's Online Safety Act is the kind of common sense solution we need to protect kids on gaming and social media platforms. Parents cannot possibly bear the entire responsibility of keeping kids safe online because the problems are baked into the design of the products. Requiring open chat functions to be turned off by default takes the onus off of parents and puts it where it should be – on tech product designers. https://lnkd.in/gWKb8dF7

Op-ed: NJ Rep. Mikie Sherrill underscores the urgency of passing KOSA, calling on Congress to modernize outdated internet laws and protect the next generation from the damaging effects of social media. Our kids are facing a mental health crisis, and social media is making it worse. Rep. Sherrill is right: Congress must pass the Kids Online Safety Act NOW. https://lnkd.in/e5_xscf6

31 state attorneys general signed a powerful bipartisan letter calling on the House to pass the Senate version of #KOSA. The Kids Online Safety Act is the bare minimum we can pass to protect our children from the horrors that await them on social media networks (self-harm content recommendations, filter bubbles, sexual predators from the entire world, social comparison, perfectionism, 24/7 connectivity, the opportunity cost from spending 9 hours a day on screens) — and there are only a few weeks left for Congress to act. Please click the link below to contact your representative and ask them to vote for the Senate version of KOSA. We can do this if we act together: ➡ https://lnkd.in/eZNT7MC3

Check out MAMA's mention Psychology Today! In an interview with Jyothsna S. Bhat, Psy.D. CMIP, Julie Scelfo outlines alarming correlations between social media use, declining self-esteem, and increased suicide rates among teens – and why we must take action now. https://lnkd.in/ervE7WwQ

🎧 On BBC Sounds: Matthew Syed explores how Neil Postman and Aldous Huxley's warnings about the dangers of distraction and entertainment in a media-saturated world resonate in our 24/7 digital age. Listen here: https://lnkd.in/ecSACabi

Keeping kids safe online is a no-brainer. Speaker Mike Johnson and Rep. Steve Scalise have the power to act THIS SESSION to get a strong version of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) passed. Call them NOW and demand they put kids before profit. Check out MAMA Executive Director Julie Scelfo's Letter to the Editor in today's NYT. https://lnkd.in/ecqvvMJz