Common Sense Media Urges President Bush to Support the Child Safe Viewing LAw

COMMON SENSE MEDIA URGES PRESIDENT BUSH TO SUPPORT THE CHILD SAFE VIEWING LAW

 

Bill Helps Parents Manage Media Content in their Kids’ Lives

Common Sense Media urges President Bush to sign into law S. 602, the Child Safe Viewing Act. If signed into law, S. 602 will help highlight for parents the best tools available to make smart, informed choices about the media in their kids’ lives. It will also examine educational tools that will help kids make their own smart choices as they grow older and encourage the ongoing development of new technologies.

Kids today can access video and other content through hundreds of TV channels and many other platforms and devices, including the Internet and mobile phones. A generation ago, parents could manage the media their kids were viewing by keeping an eye on the television and choosing movies carefully. Today, parents need better tools to keep up with the rapidly changing 24/7 media world, and the Child Safe Viewing Act is an essential step to improving those tools.
 
James Steyer, founder and CEO of Common Sense Media, said of the bill: “This legislation is an effort to give parents more tools to manage the media in their kids’ lives, and the impact the media has on their health and development. This is also the first attempt to really look at all the new ways that kids are accessing content, including through wireless devices. Common Sense Media encourages additional steps by government, industry, and fellow advocates that will get the best technologies and information into parents' hands.”

About Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media is the nation's leading nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the impact of media and entertainment on kids and families. Common Sense Media provides trustworthy ratings and reviews of media and entertainment based on child development criteria created by leading national experts. For more information, visit commonsensemedia.org.

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