CDT Signs Onto Joint Letter Led by LGBTTech, NBJC, and The Trevor Project to Oppose Age-Minimum Social Media Bans
In a letter released this week, CDT joined ACLU, NBJC, The Trevor Project, GLAAD, interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth, Public Knowledge, Glisten (Formerly GLSEN), TechFreedom, National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund, Advocates for Youth, HTTP, COLAGE, Lambda Legal, and the Transgender...
The article presents a concern about the potential harm caused by proposed bills that aim to ban young people from social media. The coalition of organizations argues that these bills are ineffective and potentially harmful, as they could cut off young people from critical online communities while missing other areas that need attention such as business practices and data collection. The use of age verification technologies also raises privacy concerns, particularly due to the risk of data breac...
