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Be a Champion for South Carolina's Youth: Ask your legislators to support the South Carolina's Children's Device Protection Bill!
In an era dominated by screens, parents and guardians grapple with never-ending challenges to keep children safe online.
Numerous studies have proven that pornography poses serious and extensive harm to children’s mental, social, and sexual health. In fact, since 2009, there have been more than 50 studies linking pornography use to a range of detrimental impacts on the brain’s structure and function. In addition, doctors, law enforcement, and mental health providers are reporting a dramatic increase in child-on-child harmful sexual behavior as a result of early exposure to these graphic and often traumatizing images. Easily accessible, addictive online pornography routinely includes child sexual abuse, rape, sexual violence, racism, and non-consensual sexual content.
The South Carolina Children's Device Protection Bill is a natural and practical next step to protecting the health and well-being of South Carolina‘s children. The bill pioneers child protection in the digital age by simplifying safeguards for parents, placing reasonable responsibility on manufacturers, and respecting the First Amendment. CDPB mandates that smartphones and tablets automatically enable existing filters for all minors through a simple software update and allows for civil action if manufacturers fail to comply.
This bill provides much-needed relief to families who are overwhelmed by the digital space their children are growing up in and would demonstrate to South Carolina's parents that our legislators are very serious about protecting the well-being of our children. Our children deserve every opportunity to experience childhood free from exploitation and abuse, and this is an easy and practical step we can take to improve their chances of healthy mental, emotional, and social development.
Take action to tell your South Carolina state Representatives, and ask their support of the South Carolina Child Device Protection Act (
H.B. 4689
) to be champions for South Carolina's Youth!
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