A proposed bill in Colorado aimed at increasing protections for minors against online sexual predators and drug dealers failed to pass, disheartening bereaved parents who actively pushed for its implementation. The legislation would have mandated social media platforms to actively monitor and disable accounts involved in harmful activities while also enforcing strict reporting requirements on user interactions. Parents, like Lori Schott and Kim Osterman, expressed profound disappointment at legislators prioritizing big tech interests over children's welfare, especially after they lost their children to related online dangers.
When the legislators failed to vote and pushed it off onto some fake calendar date, it's a slap in the face, said Schott, who identifies as a pro-second amendment Republican.
Had the legislation passed, it would have required social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok to investigate and take down accounts engaged in gun or drug sales or in the sexual exploitation or trafficking of minors.
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