EIE In The News: Big Tech, Big Verdicts; Teens & Online Gambling
 

Last week, a jury in California found Google and Meta liable for deliberately designing their platforms to be addictive and harming the mental health of minor children, and were ordered to pay $6M to the plaintiff.

The day before, a New Mexico jury found Meta liable for failing to protect children from sexual predators and content on their platforms and threw the book at them ordering Meta to pay $375M in civil penalties. Courts are moving closer to holding Big Tech accountable and EIE's President and CEO, Donna Rice Hughes, says the industry should take notice.

Read the Washington Stand article featuring Donna's response to these landmark rulings here.

March Madness Shines Light on Teen Boys’ Obsession with Online Gambling, Not Just on Basketball

Online sports betting is booming and teens are finding ways in, whether through a parent's account or bypassing age-verification safeguards.

In a new Townhall op-ed, Donna warns that the earlier a teen is exposed to gambling, the more likely they are to become a problem gambler - both during adolescence and into adulthood.

Read the Townhall op-ed here which also exposes how online gaming's "addiction by design" and "profits over safety" features are similar to online social media, gaming and pornography business models.

Thank you for taking the time to engage with us! Your awareness is a powerful first step in protecting your own children online.

The threats facing kids today are real, evolving, and deeply alarming, but together we can push for safer platforms, stronger laws, and accountability from Big Tech. If you believe in this mission and the work EIE is doing every day to educate families, expose digital harms to children and advocate for meaningful reform, we invite you to make a donation—large or small—to help us continue this fight. Your support equips parents, empowers prevention, and protects children.

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