ParentsResist.Tech
@parentsresist.bsky.social
We get to decide what kind of world we make for our kids. PRT highlights research and resources to help advocate for safer, developmentally appropriate childhood experiences and education in your community. Based in San Francisco.
Key insight: "[T]he settlement is too focused on offering parents tools rather than restricting harmful features." fortune.com/2026/08/26/e...
Meta's $18 billion settlement leaves out the child protections New Mexico already won at trial, its Attorney General says | Fortune
Raúl Torrez said New Mexico secured stronger protections against AI chatbots and predators than the national settlement. Child safety experts agree.
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In case anyone needs a reason to finally dump X, or a reminder of how little any of us should trust major social platforms and tech companies: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Elon Musk’s xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says
xAI accused of training Grok on real and AI-generated child pornography.
arstechnica.com
Pretty close to 600 signatures! I bet we can get there this week, right?? PETITION: Ask SFUSD to adopt a district-wide screen time policy that prioritizes student health, academic excellence, family partnership, and responsible technology use. www.fournorms.com/campaigns/te...
SFUSD’s Intentional Technology Petition - By Tech in Check | Tech in Check San Francisco
Four Norms makes collective action possible for parents — with the tools, language, and support to push back on tech's influence and rebuild what childhood should be.
fournorms.com
Meta Just Paid Nearly $17 Billion To Make Sure It Gets To Write The Kid Safety Rules For Every Other Social Media Platform By now... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/26/meta-just-paid-nearly-17-billion-to-make-sure-it-gets-to-write-the-kid-safety-rules-for-every-other-social-media-platform/
Meta Just Paid Nearly $17 Billion To Make Sure It Gets To Write The Kid Safety Rules For Every Other Social Media Platform
By now you've almost certainly heard the news that Meta has settled with 52 state and local Attorneys General who had sued the company in some form or another over child safety on Meta's platforms. The headlines are all covering the basics: the years-long case these states filed against Meta ends, and Meta pays somewhere...
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Meta has settled for $17B instead of fighting in open court. Shareholders celebrate: the stock went up. That $17B is not even 2% of Meta's market cap. This isn't meaningful to a company of this size. It's a slap on the wrist, a far overdue fine that insults all the families harmed by predatory tech.
Have you heard about the UnPluggEd Project for schools and families? Anyone can participate. This is not an anti-tech campaign; it is an invitation to give us more space for focus. smartphonefreechildhoodus.com/https-smartp... #GoUnplugged
Why is it so important to protect the early years of brain development from reliance on tech, particularly generative AI? open.substack.com/pub/irenekao...
What’s the big deal about genAI and kids?
Why is it so important to protect the early years of brain development from reliance on tech, particularly generative AI?
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AI slop is spreading on YouTube & YouTube Kids, and hurting children’s development. Sign the petition to tell @YouTube: STOP AI SLOP FOR KIDS! Join me in demanding that @Google protect kids on its platforms. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
Tell YouTube: Stop AI Slop for Kids
💡DYK? AI slop is spreading on YouTube & YouTube Kids — and hurting children’s development. That's why I've signed the petition to tell @YouTube: STOP AI SLOP FOR KIDS! Learn more & sign the petition:...
actionnetwork.org
It shouldn't be like this and it doesn't have to be :(
Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 5d agoThe appification of parenting is the source of like half of my kid-related stress. I either have to leave the notifications on and deal with the pinging all day long, or turn them off and spend all my time apologizing for missing stuff.
What's the big deal about genAI and kids? Why are we insistent on protecting teh early years from tech? This framework by Timothy Cook & Bassem Nasir captures it eloquently. connectedclassroom.org/before-the-w...
Before the Window Closes | AI and Child Development — Connected Classroom
Children build capacities in windows that do not reopen. A policy brief on what must be in place before AI enters a classroom, age by age, with the burden on the system deploying rather than the child...
connectedclassroom.org
@errollouis.bsky.social and I were able to chat about why we need a moratorium on AI in our schools! It perpetuates racial bias and inhibits learning, not to mention the impact on the planet! It is time for @mayor.nyc.gov to declare a moratorium now! ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...
Neuroscience expert concerned about use of AI in schools
Watch the full interview here.
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Unsurprising and lame: The U.S. Dept of Ed today issued new guidance about educational technology usage in the classroom but left rulemaking to states and school districts. www.edsurge.com/news/departm...
Department of Education Issues Long-Awaited Edtech Guidance for States and Districts - EdSurge News
The letter emphasizes outcomes and evidence but stops short of issuing federal regulations.
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UChicago law school also put new limitations on AI in the 1st year curriculum - banning electronic devices in classrooms, having in-class written exams, and instituting an oral component of research papers. chicagomaroon.com/53131/news/t...
“The Template for Law Schools Around the World”: UChicago Law School Announces New AI Strategy
The Law School will prohibit electronic devices in most 1L courses next academic year, according to a broad strategy statement outlining its new approach to legal education amid increasing use of AI a...
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Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · 6d agocognitive sabotage, you can ban it extra credit to U Chicago for bans on professional AND undergrad programs; smart SLACs are going to market AI free campuses soon chicagomaroon.com/53262/news/s...
More students are advocating for their own digital wellbeing and developing programs to thrive in tech-free learning environments: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Schools across the US banned phones. Teens are demanding more offline support
More students are advocating for their own digital wellbeing and developing programs to thrive in tech-free learning environments
theguardian.com
That being said, we're still in need of URGENT ACTION these Bad Internet Bills did indeed pass out of committee. Call your lawmakers today, tomorrow- again and again! www.badinternetbills.com
"Here’s the problem: EdTech products are not effective, safe, legal, nor better than a human teacher. However, nearly 90% of American school children use EdTech products in school." firstfish.substack.com/p/a-school-d...
A School District Admits Their Science Chatbot Doesn’t Have an Updated Privacy Policy.
They’re Asking Parents to Consent Anyway.
firstfish.substack.com
deskilling in professional school, you can ban it www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
At The University Of Chicago Law School, Socrates Is In, Laptops Are Out
As part of a new policy about AI in legal education, the U. of Chicago Law School will ban electronic devices like laptops and phones in its core first-year courses.
forbes.com
Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · 2mo agocognitive surrender, you can ban it www.reuters.com/technology/n...
29 state attorneys general are suing Meta. This is the trial of our lives: the biggest child-safety case Meta has yet faced, with vast implications for social media. www.cnbc.com/2026/08/17/m...
Meta faces ‘astronomical’ consequences as legal fight reaches critical moment in California
Meta faces a federal trial over child safety claims that could bring major financial penalties and changes to Facebook and Instagram.
cnbc.com
PETITION: "We respectfully ask SFUSD to adopt a district-wide screen time policy that prioritizes student health, academic excellence, family partnership, and responsible technology use." www.fournorms.com/campaigns/te... @schoolsbeyond.bsky.social
SFUSD’s Intentional Technology Petition - By Tech in Check | Tech in Check San Francisco
Four Norms makes collective action possible for parents — with the tools, language, and support to push back on tech's influence and rebuild what childhood should be.
fournorms.com
degenerative AI, you can refuse it www.wired.com/story/the-ai...
The AI Slop Backlash Is Actually Having an Impact
Platforms are finally recognizing that people don’t want to consume AI slop. A growing number of sites and apps now have tools and policies to flag, label, and ban AI-generated content.
wired.com
Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · 3w agoresource squander, you can ban it www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
NEW: Google's AI feature at the top of its search page is giving overtly racist "advice" about being alone with certain groups of people futurism.com/artificial-i...
Google AI Giving Staggeringly Racist "Advice" About Being Alone With Certain Groups of People
Google's AI Overviews feature is showing overtly racist responses about being alone with certain groups of people.
futurism.com
"But something different is happening this time in schools: pushback. A groundswell of teachers, parents, researchers and local government leaders say they aren’t buying the idea of new, and educationally unproven, A.I. tools as the next fulcrum for learning,” writes @natashanyt.bsky.social.
How Big Tech Captured American Schools
Companies like Google and Microsoft have used their money, their might and their massive reach to influence nearly every step of the education supply chain.
nytimes.com
Companies like Google and Microsoft have used their money, their might and their massive reach to influence nearly every step of the education supply chain. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/b...
How Big Tech Captured American Schools (Gift Article)
Companies like Google and Microsoft have used their money, their might and their massive reach to influence nearly every step of the education supply chain.
nytimes.com
A new study shows how pickup artist influencers use smart glasses to create content, and the connection between covert recording and harm. www.404media.co/meta-ray-ban...
Researchers Show How Meta's 'Pervert Glasses' Are Used to Harass Women
A new study shows how pickup artist influencers use smart glasses to create content, and the connection between covert recording and harm.
404media.co
"What prosecutors presented as a conspiracy chart is, viewed another way, a network map: a visualization of the relationships among unions, community organizations, and political groups engaged in legal collective action." open.substack.com/pub/workersr...
The Conspiracy Is Us
How the Government’s Attack on Organizing Requires Unions, Solidarity, and Mass Working-Class Power
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Mad about Meta's pervert glasses? "You can be filmed without your knowledge or consent. The law hasn't caught up, the public was never asked, and tech companies shouldn't get to decide where society draws the line. Act now, before smart glasses become the new normal." stopsmartglasses.com
Stop Smart Glasses
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"People sometimes say, “AI art looks like an artist made it.” That's because it has vampirized the work of artists without their permission." - @mollycrabapple.bsky.social on genAI "Vampire Slop" read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/...
Vampire Slop | Critical AI | Duke University Press
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Americans are relying more and more on AI to get information, including on elections. Every chatbot the Brennan Center for Justice tested pushed back on election conspiracy theories, Larry Norden tells Justin Hendrix. But half of all responses still contained an inaccuracy or bad citation.
How AI Is Reshaping Election Information Ahead of the 2026 US Midterms
Justin Hendrix spoke to Larry Norden, vice president of the Elections and Government Program at the Brennan Center, about a new analysis of the subject.
techpolicy.press
Women and girls being relentlessly harassed, stalked, and otherwise harmed by creeps using Meta pervert glasses is the logical outcome of invasive, predatory technology. This is one of many reasons why we need diverse contributors to the design, testing, + reg of tech. futurism.com/artificial-i...
Teen Boys Are Using Meta Glasses to Terrorize Girls at High Schools and Middle Schools
Teen boys are using Meta's AI glasses to harass and bully victims -- overwhelmingly girls -- at middle schools and high schools.
futurism.com