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Subject: \[EXTERNAL\] FWD PRESS RELEASE: Attorney General Bonta Announces Nationwide Investigation into Instagram's
Impact on Young People increased risks of physical and mental health harms on young people, including depression,
eating disorders, and even suicide.
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11-03-2021
(P.R.D.D.C.)
PARENTS FOR THE RIGHTS OF DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED CHILDREN
CRAIG A. DURFEY FOUNDER OF P.R.D.D.C.
GARDEN GROVE, CA 92842
CELL
SOCIALEMOTIONALPAWS.COM
FACEBOOK: CRAIG DURFEY
U.S. HOUSE OF CONGRESS H2404 - HONORING CRAIG DURFEY FOR HIS FIGHT AGAINST AUTISM
... Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California.
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2003-03-27/pdf/CREC-2003-03-27.pdf
new website socialemotionalpaws.org
Respectively to all bodies local, State, Counties,
School Boards, U.S. Congress, Nonprofit
organization summitting this FWD: press lease as
an awareness to encourage calling for Change
by accepting medical facts that social medial
screen time, bluelight from Ca State SCR 73
2019,Bluelight Summit.com year 2020 harms
children, child abuse State and Federal laws.
To Whom It May Concern.
Five long years of my 23 years as the Founder of P.R.D.D.C. I have
spent researching social Media Risk affecting Children Well Being,
now requesting letters of support with assisting legislation to correct
the current laws that have created these serious flaws.
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We need laws that address these concerns through legislation,
accountably oversight at all levels of government, to State law from
State of Utah, Digital Wellness, Citizenship, and Safe Technology
Commission 62 63C-21-201. Commission established -- Members. 63
(1) There is created the Digital Wellness, Citizenship, and Safe
Technology 64 Commission to advance the goal of reaching every
student, parent, and student's support.
This bill creates the Digital Wellness, Citizenship, and Safe
Technology Commission to advance the goal of training every student
in healthy behavior related to technology use.
This bill creates the Digital Wellness, Citizenship, and Safe
Technology Commission to advance the goal of training every student
in healthy behavior related to technology use. A movie about screen
time called screentimemovie.com will explain.
https://socialemotionalpaws.org/blog-post/f/digital-wellness-
citizenship-and-safe-technology-commission
and https://socialemotionalpaws.org/blog-post/f/open-letter-calling-for-
digital-wellness-citizenship-and-safe-t and Utah PTA Resolution:
Digital Wellness, Citizenship, and Safe Technology Commission 2021
https://le.utah.gov/committee/committee.jsp?year=2021&com=SPEDC
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SAF 2016-1 | Digital Citizenship
Impact on Children:
Social media has many benefits but when social media creates a
substantial disruption to the child, there should be best practices and
resources for training students in a healthy behavior related to
technology. https://www.utahpta.org/bill/2020/hb0372
https://socialemotionalpaws.org/blog-post/f/facebook-knows-
instagram-is-toxic-for-teen-girls-company-documen
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https://socialemotionalpaws.org/blog-post/f/open-letter-anaheim-
elementary-school-district-no-safety-for-blue
Autism and Screen Time: Special Brains, Special Risks.
(socialemotionalpaws.org)
REQUESTING SUPPORT CHILD ABUSE TECHNOLOGY BLUE LIGHT, EXCESSIVE-
(socialemotionalpaws.org)
Gray Matters: Too Much Screen Time Damages the Brain
(socialemotionalpaws.org)
95% Of Americans Risk Eye Problems By Staring At Screens All Day
(socialemotionalpaws.org)
https://socialemotionalpaws.org/blog-post/f/this-is-a-teenagers-brain-on-instagram-
facebook-whistleblower
https://socialemotionalpaws.org/blog-post/f/how-could-blue-light-be-affecting-your-
child%E2%80%99s-vision
https://socialemotionalpaws.org/blog-post/f/world-health-officials-take-a-hard-line-
on-screen-time-for-kids
https://socialemotionalpaws.org/blog-post/f/chinas-limit-on-childrens-gaming-time-
goes-into-effect
https://www.ocregister.com/2021/10/10/one-pill-can-kill-dea-snapchat-parents-
confront-deadly-fentanyl/
New Law In Taiwan Limits Screen Time For Kids | TechRaptor
https://techraptor.net/technology/news/new-law-taiwan-limits-screen-time-kids
The Republic of China has passed a new law that's punishable up to a NT$50,000
fine if parents don't restrict access to these pieces of electronic self indulgence.
The rational? These devices are considered addictive and even harmful in excess
according to the government of Taiwan. By this law, parents are obligated to
monitor their children's habits in order to make sure they aren't exceeding
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Taiwan's New Law Imposes Fines On Parents That Allow Kids To Spend
"Excessive" Time On Electronic Devices.
Taiwan's New Law Imposes Fines On Parents That Allow Kids To Spend "Excessive"
Time On Electronic Devices Kids News Article (dogonews.com)
Thursday, November 18, 2021
Contact: (916) 210-6000, agpressoffice@doj.ca.gov
Attorneys General concerned for safety and well-being of children;
examining potential violations of consumer protection laws
OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced a
nationwide investigation into Meta Platform, Inc., formerly known as
Facebook, for providing and promoting its social media
platform — Instagram — to children and young adults despite knowing that
such use is associated with physical and mental health harms. Attorneys
general across the country are examining the company's conduct and
whether Meta or others violated the law or put the public at risk.
“For too long, Meta has ignored the havoc that Instagram is wreaking on
the mental health and well-being of our children and teens,” said Attorney
General Bonta. “Enough is enough. We’ve undertaken this nationwide
investigation to get answers about Meta’s efforts to promote the use of this
social media platform to young Californians – and to determine if, in doing
so, Meta violated the law.”
The investigation targets, among other things, the techniques utilized by
Meta to increase the frequency and duration of engagement by young users
and the resulting harms caused by such extended engagement. Today’s
announcement follows recent reports revealing that Meta’s own internal
research shows that using Instagram is associated with increased risks of
physical and mental health harms on young people, including depression,
eating disorders, and even suicide.
Attorney General Bonta is committed to holding social media companies
like Meta accountable, particularly when their actions may cause
harm to California’s youngest residents. Last month, Attorney General
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Bonta co-led a bipartisan coalition in expressing support for hearings in the
U.S. Senate on “Protecting Kids Online: Facebook, Instagram, and Mental
Health Harms.” In May, Attorney General Bonta joined 43 attorneys general
in urging Meta to abandon plans to launch a version of Instagram for
children under the age of 13. Following heavy criticism and shocking new
reports from Wall Street Journal and other publications, Meta announced in
September that it would pause development of the new platform.
FWD: Press release.
Thank You
Craig A. Durfey
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Leading the investigation, involving a broad group of states across the
country, is a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from California,
Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, Tennessee, and
Vermont.
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Attorney General Bonta Announces Nationwide Investigation into Instagram’s Impact on
Young People | State of California - Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General
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