Digital Childhood Alliance

Parents and Child Advocates fighting for policies that prioritize children’s online well-being and parent empowerment.
#AppStoreAccountabilityAct

[Digital Childhood Alliance @DigiChildAllnce]

🚨NEW NATIONAL POLL🚨

88% of parents support requiring app stores to obtain parental approval.

Thank you @SenMikeLee & @RepJames for introducing the #AppStoreAccountabilityAct!

Read more: https://t.co/xJ5xlgm6Ex

[Senator Angela Paxton @AngelaPaxtonTX]

Big win for Texas families tonight. 🚨
The Fifth Circuit has stayed the injunction against Texas’s App Store Accountability Act — legislation I proudly authored as SB 2420.

That means app stores must once again verify ages and obtain parental consent before minors can download apps.

Parents deserve meaningful tools to protect their children online, and Texas is continuing to lead the way in standing up to Big Tech and putting kids first. 👏🇨🇱

https://t.co/5frBK9aY3f

[Caroline Fairly for Texas @FairlyForTexas]

A major win for kids digital safety, today! 📱🚨

The Fifth Circuit has issued a temporary stay of the district court’s injunction blocking enforcement of the App Store Accountability Act - SB 2420!

[Digital Childhood Alliance @DigiChildAllnce]

BIG WIN. 5th Circuit lifted the injunction blocking Texas's App Store Accountability Act bringing .@FairlyForTexas & .@AngelaPaxtonTX’s SB 2420 one step closer to protecting Texas kids.

Parents are winning. The Constitution is on our side.

Now, .@SenTedCruz: pass the federal ASAA! https://t.co/7TzZFGTJwo

[National Center on Sexual Exploitation @NCOSE]

NCOSE, joined by than 100 child protection organizations are calling on Congress to oppose the so-called “Parents Over Platforms Act,” warning it would undermine state online safety laws and protect Big Tech from accountability. Families need stronger protections for kids online, not legislation that weakens them. Read more below.👇
https://t.co/vGGmULuzmH

#NCOSE #EndExploitation #Congress #ParentsOverPlatforms #ParentsOverPlatformsAct #BigTech #Accountability

[Digital Childhood Alliance @DigiChildAllnce]

“The deceptively named Parents over Platforms Act (POPA) should be aptly named Platforms over Parents Act" said @RepJames.

POPA relies on self-reported age which “has repeatedly failed to keep our children safe.”

88% of parents instead support the App Store Accountability Act!

[Daily Caller @DailyCaller]

Big Tech Group Jumps The Gun On Unreleased Bill, Raising Questions About Cozy Ties With Lawmakers: An Apple-backed trade group on April 12th prematurely published a press release this week praising a yet-to-be-introduced Senate bill, raising questions… https://t.co/mydYWeiyUc

[Daily Caller @DailyCaller]

Big Tech Group Jumps The Gun On Unreleased Bill, Raising Questions About Cozy Ties With Lawmakers: An Apple-backed trade group on April 12th prematurely published a press release this week praising a yet-to-be-introduced Senate bill, raising questions… https://t.co/mydYWeiyUc

[Digital Childhood Alliance @DigiChildAllnce]

Thank you @RepGusBilirakis for cosponsoring the App Store Accountability Act to put parents back in charge!

The App Store Accountability Act "creates a simple, private and secure process to verify users’ ages and require kids to first obtain a parent’s permission." @RepGuthrie

[Gus Bilirakis @RepGusBilirakis]

I agree with Chairman Guthrie: Congress can’t sit back while Big Tech fails to protect our kids online. Our effort to strengthen safeguards, increase accountability, and make digital spaces safer for families is long overdue - and it’s work we must finish. https://t.co/tMdeo2ehdT

[Gus Bilirakis @RepGusBilirakis]

I agree with Chairman Guthrie: Congress can’t sit back while Big Tech fails to protect our kids online. Our effort to strengthen safeguards, increase accountability, and make digital spaces safer for families is long overdue - and it’s work we must finish. https://t.co/tMdeo2ehdT

[Digital Childhood Alliance @DigiChildAllnce]

The App Store Accountability Act "leverages modern technology to put apps on notice that they are dealing with children and teens and, thus, have heightened safety obligations."

Thank you @RepGuthrie @HouseCommerce for advancing bills to empower parents! https://t.co/H9gznVtW2P

[John James @JohnJamesMI]

My App Store Accountability Act is simple: It protects privacy, it protects the rights of parents, and it protects the innocence of children by holding Big Tech accountable.

[Energy and Commerce Committee @HouseCommerce]

“…parents, not the state and not corporations, hold the sacred duty to shape their children’s moral and spiritual upbringing.”

This is exactly why @HouseCommerce advanced the App Store Accountability Act to the House Floor. It puts parents in control of the apps their children can download.
https://t.co/J4qAoBeVWQ

[Energy and Commerce Committee @HouseCommerce]

“The App Store Accountability Act also closes a glaring loophole.”

For too long, Big Tech has failed to protect minors in their app stores, exposing them adult and obscene content, and we’re holding them accountable.
https://t.co/aYjcw9g3fo

[Rep. John James @RepJames]

My App Store Accountability Act passed Committee! ✅

Thrilled that my bill to empower parents & protect kids online moves one step closer to President Trump's desk.

Next step: the House Floor!

[Digital Childhood Alliance @DigiChildAllnce]

🙌 Thank you @HouseCommerce @RepGuthrie for advancing the App Store Accountability Act!!!

88% of parents want these critical tools to better protect their kids online! @SpeakerJohnson @RepJames @RepGusBilirakis @RepHouchin

[Energy and Commerce Committee @HouseCommerce]

@RepGuthrie H.R. 3149, the App Store Accountability Act, was reported to the Full House, as amended, by a roll call vote of 26 yeas and 23 nays.

[Energy and Commerce Committee @HouseCommerce]

@RepGuthrie H.R. 3149, the App Store Accountability Act, was reported to the Full House, as amended, by a roll call vote of 26 yeas and 23 nays.

[Jon Schweppe 🇺🇸 @JonSchweppe]

Huge win!

The SCREEN Act and the App Store Accountability Act have advanced through the House Energy & Commerce Committee.

One step closer to a federal age verification standard to protect kids online.

Call the vote, @SpeakerJohnson!

[Tina Descovich 🇺🇸 @TinaDescovich]

The App Store Accountability Act will ensure parents don’t have to co-parent with the government! This bill protects kids and empowers parents and is common sense.

Great to see @HouseCommerce & @RepGusBilirakis champion parental rights in Congress.
https://t.co/7T5eszM2Au

[Energy and Commerce Committee @HouseCommerce]

Preventing app stores from knowingly selling adult or addictive content to minors isn’t just common sense, it’s consistent with what we expect from brick-and-mortar stores.

The App Store Accountability Act, led by @RepJames, helps ensure that app stores are not selling inappropriate content to minors, while protecting data privacy and security.