Common Sense VP of Policy Alan Simpson testified at the Congressional Privacy Caucus's December 2011 forum on children's online privacy.

Common Sense Media filed comments in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s report "Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change”.

We filed a brief of amicus curiae with the Supreme Court of the United States in support of California’s law limiting the sale of M (mature) or AO (adults only) rated video games to minors. More information about our position is here.

We filed comments on the Federal Trade Commission’s implementation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which requires that website operators notify parents and obtain their consent before collecting personal information from children under 13.

We filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission regarding the Child Safe Viewing Act. The Commission is exploring technologies and tools that parents can use to protect children from media content that the parents find indecent or objectionable.

Common Sense CEO Jim Steyer testified at the Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Rethinking the Children’s Television Act for a Digital Media Age.