Op-Ed: "Kids Are Dying - It's Time to Hold Big Tech Accountable"

WASHINGTON, DC—In a new op-ed published today by the Daily Journal, AAJ President Lori Andrus calls on policymakers to limit Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and create a safer digital environment for children and teens. 
 
The op-ed reads in part,
 
"Big Tech wants us to believe the problem is beyond their control, but the fact remains that their platforms have been deliberately engineered to addict users and push dangerous material to vulnerable kids. Kids like Mason James Edens, who his parents say went from being the "class clown" to taking his own life after only 13 days of relentlessly being fed suicide videos on TikTok. Or 14-year-old Alexander Neville, whose parents say died from fentanyl poisoning after a drug dealer on Snapchat sold him counterfeit Oxycontin that contained enough fentanyl to kill four adults..."
 
"...Mason and Alexander’s parents—and the parents of every child hurt or killed by an unsafe digital world—deserve action. The question can no longer be  whether tech companies should be held accountable, but how soon can we act to ensure that they are."
 
Read the op-ed in full here . 
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