Tech Accountability
It's time to build a better digital ecosystem for kids and teens.
How do you teach kids to set healthy boundaries when social media never sleeps? Too often, platforms default to manipulative practices that undermine privacy rights and adversely affect young people's self-esteem and mental health. A reimagined ecosystem extends beyond the internet—it's the phones in our kids' pockets, the laptops they use at school, and the laws that govern their data and enforce cybersecurity along the way. We're challenging inequalities and advancing regulations to build a better system from the ground up.
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Resources
Cybersecurity Essentials
Protecting your personal data and devices can be overwhelming. Our collection of resources for home and the classroom can help build healthy cyber habits.
Legislative Action
Fact Sheet: The Kids Online Safety Act
Legislative Action
Fact Sheet: The New York SAFE for Kids Act
Legislative Action
Fact Sheet: The New York Child Data Protection Act
Our Impact
1,200+ businesses
signed on to the Stop Hate for Profit campaign to hold social media companies accountable for enabling hate on their platforms.
40 million students
Our work in helping some of the biggest edtech vendors bring their privacy ratings from "warning" to "pass" has led to a safer educational experience for nearly 40 million students globally.
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Digital Equity
Access to technology—and the support and tools to use it—for kids, families, schools, and communities.
Digital Literacy and Citizenship
Habits and skills that give young people agency over their digital lives and help them succeed online and in life.
Media Choice
Reviews that make it easier to choose quality, age-appropriate, and diverse content for kids at home and in school.
Healthy Childhood
Advice, research, and community outreach to support kids' mental, physical, and emotional health and build awareness of tech's effects on well-being.
Who we are
An independent voice for kids, families, and schools everywhere.
Common Sense is a nonprofit organization giving kids, families, and schools the tools to make informed choices about media and technology. Families know us for our independent, age-based reviews of movies, TV shows, books, games, and apps. Educators use our free curriculum and edtech reviews to plan lessons and integrate technology into their teaching practice. At our core, we are a children's advocacy group. We draw on original research, industry expertise, and community partnerships to advocate for laws and policies that help kids thrive.