{"id":69690,"date":"2023-06-15T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T10:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/treat-big-tech-like-big-tobacco-to-protect-our-kids-69690"},"modified":"2023-06-15T06:00:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T10:00:13","slug":"treat-big-tech-like-big-tobacco-to-protect-our-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/treat-big-tech-like-big-tobacco-to-protect-our-kids-69690","title":{"rendered":"Treat Big Tech like Big Tobacco to protect our kids"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Just like Big Tobacco targeted young kids knowing their products were harmful, Big Tech is doing the same<\/a> thing with another product line. When are we going to wake up?<\/p>\n

The time to act is NOW!<\/p>\n

When the surgeon general warned that smoking could cause physical health problems, it ushered in momentous change across America. That change resulted in the tobacco industry being required to fund a massive education campaign. <\/p>\n

Now, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy<\/a> is warning that social media can cause mental health problems and other risks for children. Feelings of isolation and depression fueled by social media platforms further exacerbated the isolation and depression stemming from COVID-19. The extent to which children are trafficked and preyed upon, depicted in sexually abusive ways, and exposed to depravity on these platforms is sickening.\u00a0<\/p>\n

TEENS AND SOCIAL MEDIA: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION ISSUES GUIDANCE FOR SAFE USE AND \u2018INSTRUCTION\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Given this deteriorating digital environment, will the surgeon general’s warning again usher in momentous change?\u00a0It\u2019s time to urge Big Tech to fund a national education campaign like Big Tobacco.<\/p>\n

Big Tech\u2019s negative impact on society will continue to be significant and long-lasting unless the above-mentioned harms to children are proactively addressed. Unregulated social media companies<\/a> generate marketing dollars using algorithms to drive traffic to their sites, which are invested in more sophisticated algorithms generating more money.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The collateral damage is the suffering of our children. Regulation is needed. <\/p>\n

First, Section 230 of the\u00a0Communications Decency Act 1996 (CDA), which inadvertently provided legal immunity for Big Tech, MUST be repealed. Congress\u2019 original goal with Section 230 was well intended as a “Good Samaritan Defense” for good faith efforts taken by technology companies to prevent children from accessing pornographic content.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, profit-hungry technology companies in cahoots with clever lawyers and misguided federal courts abused this protection, creating an anything goes loophole\u00a0granting Big Tech sweeping immunity and lack of accountability.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0a\u00a0July 23, 2013, letter, most of the attorneys general urged Congress to amend<\/a> Section 230 by allowing states to prosecute websites hosting unlawful content.\u00a0The AG\u2019s commonsense suggestion was ignored.<\/p>\n

POLITICS, SOCIAL MEDIA, DIET COMPOUNDING CHILDHOOD DEPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGIST SAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

It is conceivable that Section 230 could be repealed with a single sentence: “Section 509 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 is hereby repealed.” That section is found in 47 USC Section 230 in toto. <\/p>\n

Further, the Biden administration must recognize the significant harms to our children<\/a> in the digital world, listen to the surgeon general\u2019s warning, and ensure that Attorney General Merrick Garland prioritizes the aggressive prosecution of existing federal laws criminalizing sexual predation, obscene pornography and the online sexual exploitation and abuse of children.<\/p>\n

Congress needs to vehemently\u00a0redirect this course and pass bipartisan legislation\u00a0to rein in this nonsense.\u00a0On May 4, the bipartisan Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act of 2022 was re-introduced in the Senate, and passed unanimously out of the Senate Judiciary Committee.\u00a0If enacted, this law will remove blanket immunity for\u00a0Big Tech companies that knowingly facilitate distribution of child sex abuse material (CSAM) on their platforms.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is critical that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., calls for a floor vote this session to pass EARN IT, which also affords innocent victims of content depicting their abuse, as well as state attorneys general, to seek legal recourse against online platforms that engage in the distribution and circulation of CSAM.<\/p>\n

Several other bipartisan bills were recently re-introduced in the Senate, including the\u00a0Kids Online Safety Act, requiring social media platforms to implement stronger safety measures to mitigate harm to minors, and\u00a0The Children and Teens\u2019 Online Privacy Protection Act, establishing greater online privacy protections for children and minors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I urge Congress to consider a blanket repeal of Section 230, pass the above-mentioned legislation, establish a regulatory regime, and require Big Tech to fund a multibillion-dollar education campaigns similar to the one required of Big Tobacco.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the meantime, it\u2019s critical that parents continue<\/a> to be the first line of defense to protect their children online; there are free resources available at\u00a0internetsafety101.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO GET THE OPINION NEWSLETTER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Recently, actress Kate Winslet issued a warning on British Television\u2019s Academy Awards: “To people in power and to people who can make a difference, please criminalize harmful content, please eradicate harmful content – we don’t want it. We want our children back. We don’t want to lie awake terrified for our children’s mental health.” <\/p>\n

The U.S. Surgeon General has issued a warning.\u00a0Actresses are issuing warnings and parents are crying out for help. The children\u2019s voices themselves need to be heard in Congress, the Oval Office and Big Tech boardrooms.\u00a0<\/p>\n

These are nonpartisan issues that deserve wide bipartisan support. How many warnings will it take for them to listen and act?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/treat-tech-like-tobacco-protect-kids <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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