Policy and Research for Professionals

Policy Filing

FOSI Response to New York OAG Advanced Notice of Public Rulemaking

2024-09-30

Policy Filing

FOSI Response to Kids Online Health and Safety Task Force Report

2024-07-22

Policy Brief

FOSI Response to Ofcom Children's Code Consultation

2024-07-17

Policy Brief

Social Media Does Not Cause Cancer

2024-06-24

Policy Brief

FOSI Response to FTC Request for Comment on COPPA Rule Proposed Modifications

2024-03-11

Policy Brief

Examining Virginia’s Approach to Online Safety

2024-03-07

Policy Brief

FOSI Response to NTIA Request for Comment on Protecting Kids Online

2023-11-21

Report

Generative AI: Emerging Habits, Hopes and Fears

2023-11-13

Policy Brief

Coming to Terms with Age Assurance

2023-07-13

Policy Brief

FOSI Statement on the Protecting Kids on Social Media Act

2023-04-26

Policy Brief

Revising Section 230 in Congress and the Courts

2023-04-14

Policy Brief

FOSI’s Response to Utah Bills SB 152 and HB 311

2023-02-06

Policy Brief

FOSI’s Views on the Kids Online Safety Act and CAMRA

2022-11-21

Report

Making Sense of Age Assurance: Enabling Safer Online Experiences

2022-11-14

Policy Brief

Creating an Age Appropriate Design Code in California

2022-05-12

Policy Brief

What You Should Know About The Kids Online Safety Act

2022-02-24

Report

Managing the Narrative: Young People's Use of Online Safety Tools

2021-11-15

Policy Brief

Policymaking Around Screen Time Needs More Data and High Quality Research

2021-05-13

Report

Tools for Today's Digital Parents

2020-11-18

Policy Brief

Fake, Real, or Ad? Media Literacy Matters

2020-09-11

Policy Brief

Online Safety in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

2019-11-21

Protecting Innocence In A Digital Age

2019-07-09

Report

Revisiting COPPA

2019-06-12

Report

Online Safety Across the Generations

2018-11-15

Policy Brief

Tech Addiction; Not All Screens Are Created Equal

2018-09-10

Policy Brief

Community Solutions to Controversial Content Online

2018-03-12

Report

Connected Families: How Parents Think & Feel about Wearables, Toys, and the Internet of Things

2017-11-16

Policy Brief

Technical Solutions to Controversial Content Online

2017-04-28

Report

Kids & the Connected Home: Privacy in the Age of Connected Dolls, Talking Dinosaurs, and Battling Robots

2016-12-01

Policy Brief

Online Harassment: Testing the Limits of Free Speech

2016-07-26

Policy Filing

The Benefits, Challenges, and Potential Roles for the Government in Fostering the Advancement of the Internet of Things

2016-06-07

Policy Filing

Protecting Online Reputation

2016-04-27

Policy Brief

"Revenge Porn": The Response to Cyber Exploitation

2016-02-04

Report

Parents, Privacy & Technology Use

2015-11-17

Policy Brief

Violent Extremism: The New Online Safety Discussion

2015-10-13

The Realities of Cyber Parenting: What Pre-teens and Teens Are Up To Online

2015-06-03

Policy Brief

Everything Connected: Possibilities and Privacy

2015-05-05

Policy Brief

#WePROTECT: Global Online Child Sexual Abuse Summit

2015-02-05

Video

FOSI 2014 Year in Review Video

2014-12-11

Video

What's Trending Online 2014 Video

2014-12-11

Report

What Do We Mean by Online Safety?

2014-11-24

Report

Parenting in the Digital Age

2014-11-12

Policy Brief

Sexting: Felony or Flirting?

2014-10-16

Policy Brief

Student Data Privacy: The Challenges and Opportunities

2014-07-17

Policy Brief

UK Family Filters Address Some Concerns but Raise Others

2014-03-24

Policy Filing

Department of Communications Consultation on Enhancing Online Safety for Children

2014-03-06

Report

Teen Identity Theft

2013-11-06

Policy Brief

Pivot to the Positive: The Australian Approach

2013-07-16

Policy Brief

Latest Thinking on European Policies and Practices

2013-06-06

Policy Brief

Industry Commits to Make the Internet a Better Place for Children in Europe

2013-02-22

Policy Brief

The Implications of the FTC's New COPPA Rule

2013-01-25

Report

The Online Generation Gap

2012-11-14

Policy Brief

Trends in Online Safety:The Trans-Atlantic Debate and its Global Implications

2012-10-01

Policy Filing

Federal Trade Commission Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on COPPA

2012-09-24

Report

Calming Parental Anxiety While Empowering Our Digital Youth

2012-09-12

Policy Brief

Active Choice Features at UK Online Safety Summit

2012-07-13

Policy Brief

Safety & Privacy in a Digital Europe

2012-05-29

Policy Brief

European Commission proposes reforms to Data Protection Law

2012-02-13

Policy Filing

Federal Trade Commission Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on COPPA

2011-12-22

Report

State of Online Safety Report 2011

2011-11-10

Report

Teens, Kindness and Cruelty on Social Network Sites

2011-11-09

Report

Increasing Youth Safety and Responsible Behavior Online: Putting in Place Programs that Work

2011-10-07

Policy Filing

Protecting Children's Privacy in an Electronic World

2011-10-05

Report

Who Needs Parental Controls?

2011-09-14

Policy Filing

Joint Select Committee on Cyber-Safety

2010-06-24

Policy Filing

Federal Communications Commission Empowering Parents and Protecting Children in an Evolving Media Landscape

2010-02-24

Policy Filing

Federal Communications Commission Notice of Inquiry on the Implementation of the Child Safe Viewing Act; Examination of Parental Control Technologies

2009-04-16

Report

Making Wise Choices Online

2008-12-11