I feel bad when I use Instagram, and yet I can’t stop.
California Assembly Bill 2408 was introduced by Assemblymembers Jordan Cunningham (R-San Luis Obispo) and Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) to impose a clear duty on social media platforms not to use techniques that addict children and to make platforms liable for penalties and damages when social media addiction harms children, especially adolescent girls. The bi-partisan, first-in-the-nation state legislation will work to discourage, through financial accountability, social media companies from manipulating their inventions to be addictive and harmful to kids.
August 11, 2022
California State Senate Kills Assembly Bill 2408 without Public Vote
Why Ending Social Media Addiction is Urgent in Two Charts
...California shouldn’t wait for Washington to act. As the home of Silicon Valley, the state that has brought life-altering technologies to the world has an obligation to help remedy their pitfalls. There’s too much at stake to allow Congress to drag its feet.
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AB 2408 SUPPORTERS
- Organizations
- Individuals
Children's Advocacy Institute (sponsor)
Common Sense (sponsor)
Alcohol Justice
American Association of University Women, CA Chapter
Becca Schmill Foundation
Black Minds Matter Coalition
California Attorney General, Rob Bonta
California State Controller, Betty T. Yee
California Federation of Teachers
Center for Digital Democracy
Center for Humane Technology
City of Berkeley
Consumer Attorneys of California
Consumer Federation of California
Consumer Protection Policy Center
Consumer Watchdog
David John Shawver, Mayor of Stanton
Defending the Early Years
Digital Well-being LabDigital Wellness Institute
Do Curious Inc.
Eating Disorders Coalition
Entertainment Industry Professionals
Exposure Labs, Creators of The Social Dilemma
Fairplay
Fred Whitaker, Chair of Orange County Republican Party
Geo Listening
Half the Story
Internet Accountability Project
Jewish Family and Children's Services
Justice2Jobs Coalition
LookUp.live
Log Off LGBTQ+ Initiative
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Lynwood Unified School District
Media Education Foundation
National Association of Social Workers, California Chapter
NextGen
Oakland Privacy
Organization for Social Media Safety
Parent Coalition for Student Privacy
Parent Television and Media Council
Parents Together Action
Project HEALPublic Health Advocates
Public Health Advocates
REDC Consortium
#safesocial
San Diego County Board of Supervisor
San Diego Stop Predatory Gambling & the Campaign for Gambling-free Kids
Teen Therapy Center
Teens 4 Teens Help
The Social Dilemma
Truce - Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children's Entertainment
UCFW Western States Council
What can you do to help?
What Facebook's own research showed...
66%
of teen girls on Instagram experience negative social comparisons
40%
of teen boys on Instagram experience negative social comparisons
52%
of teen girls who experience negative social comparison on Instagram said it was caused by images related to beauty
1 in 5
teens say that Instagram makes them feel worse about themselves
Looking Ahead to 2023
Review our 2023 social media platform liability legislation.