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NEW YORK CITY — More than a dozen parents assembled in front of Meta’s lower Manhattan office on Friday morning, advocating for two New York Senate bills that would limit the ability of social media platforms to collect children’s social media data and algorithmically recommend content to them. The group, founded and led by former New York Times journalist Julie Scelfo, is called
member and event speaker, calling them the “bare minimum” of regulating Big Tech. One parent, Mary Rodee, was holding a picture of her late son Riley, who died by suicide at age 15 in 2021 after being targeted with online sextortion on Facebook, she said. “Nothing has changed in nearly three years since Riley’s death,” Rodee said.
is financially backed by the Center for Humane Technology nonprofit, which was behind the 2020 documentary “The Social Dilemma.” The nonprofit has also advocated for the Kids Online Safety Act, federal legislation that proposes new obligations for social media companies to prevent children from being exposed to content deemed harmful. Critics say this bill threatens kids’ First Amendment rights and puts the power to censor the internet in the hands of partisan state officials.
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