We urge the FTC to keep the pressure up by imposing fines with real monetary teeth and requiring meaningful structural change from these platforms, we also encourage Congress to update our privacy laws to reflect the digital world our kids are living in. Until platforms are forced to pay stiff penalties and commit to real changes they will not properly serve their kids and family audiences.

James Steyer

Categorized in : Tech

I just think that it should be a complete wake-up call to every parent, educator, policymaker, business person (and) tech industry person that the reshaping of our media tech landscape is first and foremost affecting young people's lives and reshaping childhood and adolescence.

I think the sheer volume of media technology that kids are exposed to on a daily basis is mind-boggling, it just shows you that these kids live in this massive 24/7 digital media technology world, and it's shaping every aspect of their life. They spend far more time with media technology than any other thing in their life. This is the dominant intermediary in their life.

Teenagers think that multitasking during homework doesn't affect their ability to learn and ... we know it does, it's completely obvious that you can't multitask and be as effective and competent.

There's an access gap that whether you like the impact of media or technology on our kids' lives and there are pros and cons, the truth is poor kids have far less access than wealthy kids do and that's just wrong especially when Internet platforms and digital platforms are so key to everything from school to getting a job to connecting with other people, so closing the digital inequality gap is a huge public-policy issue.

It's a mobile world so these kids live on mobile platforms, i mean if you look at the numbers, it's clear that you have this clear transformation of teens and tweens' lives through digital and mobile platforms.