Thread by @rweingarten

Thank you @SenMarkey and @SenBillCassidy for being leaders in the battle to make the internet safe for children and youth.
markey.senate.gov/news/press-rel…

Congressional action is important. AFT has also been pressing @Meta to put kids before profits including asking union’s pension trustees, who oversee our members approximately 30 million shares of Meta, to demand accountability & transparency of @Meta.
aft.org/press-release/…

New to this issue? A year ago AFT led a discussion with Facebook whistleblower @FrancesHaugen. I will never forget the anger I saw when she explained how easily @Meta engineers could fix the code that is harming our kids, but they chose not to.

https://twitter.com/AFTunion/status/1521628623333367809?s=20

To this day @Meta continues to cut corners and choose profits over our kids’ safety. But we continue to fight for our kids who are at the frontlines—from partnering with parents to demand Meta provides #WhatKidsNeed… 

https://twitter.com/rweingarten/status/1578596771248459779?s=20

… to advocating for federal legislation requiring social media companies to keep children’s interests and safety in mind when they design their products, as many states are taking action on their own… accountabletech.org/news-coverage/…

…to calling Mark Zuckerberg to #MakeMarkListen to the students, parents & teachers who are raising real concerns on the impact these platforms have exacerbating the mental health crisis & anxiety that comes with youngsters navigating our complicated world

https://twitter.com/rweingarten/status/1526579163527647235?s=20

Our students are facing a fast-changing world, struggling w/ mental health challenges, increased gun violence in their schools & communities and just trying to live their lives in peace—we have solutions to some of these problems, so we must act. politico.com/news/2023/04/2…