{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/the-voices-behind-the-kids-online-safety-act-lori-schott-from-colorado", "The Voices Behind the Kids Online Safety Act: Lori Schott from Colorado", "2023-12-22", "2023", "2023-12", "Democrat", "Senate", "CT", "Richard Blumenthal", "B001277", "www.blumenthal.senate.gov", "blumenthal", "https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press", "scraper", "[WASHINGTON, D.C.] \u2013 The bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act, led by U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), is strongly supported by a broad coalition of parents who have tragically lost their children or whose kids have been severely harmed by Big Tech, young people who want to regain control over their online lives, and experts and advocates who study and see the negative effects of social media firsthand in their communities. The \u201cVoices Behind the Kids Online Safety Act\u201d series will amplify their stories as they call on Congress to pass the legislation to help protect themselves online and to hold Big Tech accountable. The bill has the support of nearly half of the U.S. Senate.\n\nLori Schott\n\nLori Schott\u2019s interview with Denver7\n\nThe full interview & story can be found HERE\n\nThe Schott Family\u2019s Story:\n\nThe Schotts lost Annalee on November 15, 2020. She was just 18 years old when she died by suicide. Her mom, dad and brothers were left brokenhearted, and at a complete loss as to what led her to such a dark place.\u201d\n\nBut as Lori came to learn, Annalee left behind clues.\n\n\u2026\n\nScrolling through the videos, Lori said she found video after video of young people sharing \u2014 and at times glamorizing \u2014 self-harm and self-hate. Many had tens of thousands of likes or more.\n\nLori Schott\u2019s Mission:\n\n\u201cAt that moment is when I decided that pain has to be purpose, that I don\u2019t want to see what happened to our daughter impact any other children,\" Lori said.\n\nStories like Annalee Schott\u2019s have inspired a rare bipartisan mission in Washington, D.C. to hold social media companies accountable for the content their algorithms serve to our young people. The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is before Congress and has cosponsors from both parties, including Colorado Senator John Hickenlooper.\n\n\u2026\n\nBut in Lori Schott\u2019s eyes, KOSA is a vital first step to making the internet safer for our kids and building her daughter\u2019s legacy. Annalee left her journal entries, Lori said, so we all could \u201csee the impact and to dig down deep to do something about it.\u201d\n\n\u201cOur kids deserve better,\u201d Lori said.\n\nThe full Denver7 story and Lori Schott\u2019s interview with Denver7 can be found here\n\nBlumenthal and Blackburn are the lead sponsors of the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act, which would provide kids and parents with better tools to protect themselves online, hold Big Tech accountable for harms to kids, and provide transparency into black box algorithms.\n\n-30-", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:14:16Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/the-voices-behind-the-kids-online-safety-act-lori-schott-from-colorado"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.2402890026569366, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}