Instagram and TikTok are fuelling a mental health epidemic – bombarding kids with toxic posts that push eating disorders, plastic surgery and self-harm.

But a new bill in California could force social media companies to make their platforms safer for kids. It’s a no-brainer and a massive coalition of civil society groups and child development experts are backing it.

In a few days, eleven elected reps will decide the fate of this bill -- and Big Tech is doing everything it can to kill it. 

But if we ramp up public pressure on these lawmakers to back this plan, we have a chance to stop these social media giants wrecking our kids’ lives.

SumOfUs members pressured the UK to pass a similar law last year, and thanks to this YouTube turned off autoplay for under 18s, and Tik Tok and Instagram banned direct messages between children and adults they do not follow. But these companies only acted because strong laws forced them too.

Kids everywhere deserve to feel safe online. If we can show there is overwhelming public support for this bill, we can get this law passed not just in California but in every other state too.

We know that we can’t trust the likes of Instagram and TikTok to regulate themselves. They don’t care about the damage they’re doing to our kids as long as they keep raking in eye-watering profits. 

Only lawmakers can rein in these out of control billion-dollar monopolies. And they’ll only have the courage to stand up to these billionaire tech execs if we push them too.