Predators Want Your Kids. Tell MS Lawmakers to Help Parents Stop Them.

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If a half-dressed man wanted for child molestation in 3 states knocked at your door and asked to talk to your son, would you let him in?

If the same man asked for your daughter’s cell phone number, would you give it to him?

But this is exactly what is happening online – and social media companies know it. They know who the predators are – and they know who the kids are. And they are absolutely letting sexual predators target kids.

Lawmakers in Mississippi have a chance to say no, to prevent kids from being targeted by child rapists. Please call and email your MS lawmakers today and ask them to pass strong protections in the Keeping Kids Safe Online Act (HB 1224), sponsored by Rep. Joey Hood.

One quarter of children, aged 9 to 12, report having a sexual interaction online, with the same number of minors having received a solicitation for sex or sexual imagery in exchange for something of value. For boys, the number is 1 in 3.
Court filings show, “Meta leadership knowingly chose to expose teen users – particularly young women and girls – to human traffickers and other child predators in order to protect its bottom line.”
Meta also admitted in court filings that “[a]ctors take advantage of our tools on Instagram to find and inappropriately engage with children” and that Meta is “very good about not notifying parents/teachers.”

That’s why we need HB 1224. Please call your MS Senate and House members today and urge them to pass the Keeping Kids Safe Online Act.

This legislation would stop social media platforms from:

Intentionally exposing kids to sexually graphic material.
Enabling children to post identifying information used by predators to groom, kidnap and rape kids.
Letting adults contact children for the purpose of grooming.

The social media companies are very opposed to these basic safeguards because they are putting profits above the safety and innocence of children. We have to stop them, but parents need help.

Just as we do with driving, drinking, smoking and other activities, states need to place guardrails around how kids access social media. This has become a crisis, and Mississippi must act to help parents protect their kids.

Call and email your state lawmakers today and ask them to pass the Keeping Kids Safe Online Act.