Mothers' Views on Social Media Legislation
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In June 2023, 318 mothers from 44 states and a cross-section of political ideology completed a short anonymous survey and shared their views on the components of the “Protecting Kids on Social Media Act.” We take this aggregate data and share it with Congressional legislators so they are educated while deliberating over this bill. Mothers share their views based on their first-hand experience with the issues the bill seeks to address.

June 30, 2023
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  • U.S. mothers – across political ideologies - support the main components of the “Protecting Kids on Social Media Act” (the title of this bill was later changed to "Kids Off Social Media Act").
  • U.S. mothers – across political ideologies - support the main components of the “Protecting Kids on Social Media Act” (the title of this bill was later changed to "Kids Off Social Media Act"). Specifically, regardless of political ideology, a strong majority of mothers supported a minimum age of 13 to engage in social media, parental consent for those 13-17 age youth interacting with social media, and preventing companies from using an algorithm that pushes content using children’s personal data.

In June 2023, 318 mothers from 44 states and a cross-section of political ideology completed a short anonymous survey and shared their views on the components of the “Protecting Kids on Social Media Act.” We take this aggregate data and share it with Congressional legislators so they are educated while deliberating over this bill. Mothers share their views based on their first-hand experience with the issues the bill seeks to address.

Count on Mothers is committed to representing mothers of all political ideologies on issues. Overall, mothers – across political ideologies - supported the main components of the “Protecting Kids on Social Media Act.” Specifically, regardless of political ideology, a strong majority of mothers supported a minimum age of 13 to engage in social media, parental consent for those 13-17 age youth interacting with social media, and preventing companies from using an algorithm that pushes content using children’s personal data.

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