Big Tech Gut Check (week of May 20, 2024)

The Big Tech Gut Check is a super quick, weekly update on all things social media and Big Tech.

Social Media & Big Tech highlights for this week:

• FBI warns parents on sextortion; more teens are targeted
• Meta and Google spend $1M to fight New York child safety bills
• Two major hearings this week to discuss online safety bills
• An update on the TikTok divest-or-ban legislation
• Important update for parents related to our kids' access to fentanyl

Contact your Representative in the House: Visit house.gov and enter ZIP code at the top right to find your representative

Contact your Senators: Visit senate.gov and use the state drop down at the top of your screen

Resources mentioned during this episode:

• Podcast interview --> Sextortion: Is your kid next? (with John DeMay)
• Podcast interview --> Sextortion and American Teenagers (with Titania Jordan)
• Podcast interview --> Protecting our kids from sextortion (with Paul Raffile)
• Press release --> FBI Warns Parents About Sextortion
• Media Link --> ABC 7 News Coverage of Snapchat Rally

Check back on Fridays for everything that parents need to know about the platforms our children are spending hours on every day.