Children's Online Safety

Suports holding tech companies accountable for harmful practices and strengthening protections for children's privacy and mental health online

Secured $800,000 for the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office to upgrade forensic technology used to investigate and prevent online child exploitation

Voted Yes on "Take It Down" Act (criminalizes AI deepfake inclusion of minors)

Advocates for banning addictive design social media legislation for kids, increasing algorithmic transparency; asserts that there should be more research on the effects of social media on society

Parents deserve to know when their children are interacting with AI.

Cosponsored the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), citing harms from social-media algorithms and online content to minors. Supports parental controls and platform accountability for content harming children.

Introduced AI Scam Prevention Act which called out children as a priority protection group.

Her DEEPFAKES Accountability Act criminalizes AI-generated sexual content, including content involving minors.

Voted Yes on "Take It Down" Act (criminalizes AI deepfake inclusion of minors)

Yes on the "Take it Down" Act (criminalizes AI deepfake inclusion of minors) and the "Defiance" Act (federal legislation that establishes a civil right of action for victims of nonconsensual, sexually explicit AI-generated deepfakes)

Supports stricter age-verification and parental-consent standards for AI tools.

Co-introduced PROACTIV AI Data Act and ENFORCE Act to protect children from AI-generated CSAM; led bipartisan efforts on AI-generated child sexual abuse material penalties

Wrote a social media post about holding AI chatbot companies accountable.

Asserts that regulation is needed to help protect children on candidate website

Describes herself as "a longtime advocate for online safety in the digital era."

Representative Fedorchak supported the Child Predators Accountability Act (H.R. 6715) to update federal laws so offenders can be prosecuted when minors are intentionally depicted in sexually explicit material

Says that "our responsibility is clear: protect kids, empower parents and hold social media companies accountable when they fail to safeguard young users. Indiana families deserve better. I will continue working with my colleagues to ensure our laws put the safety and well-being of our children first" in a social media statement

Voted Yes on "Take It Down" Act (criminalizes AI deepfake inclusion of minors)

Co-announced (with Joyce) House E&C Oversight & Investigations hearing on safety of AI chatbots; consistent framing that chatbot harms need federal oversight without "over-regulation inhibiting development".

Talked about children being extorted on a Fox 59 channel, but no clear policy position has made

Op-ed suggests that AI development may threaten children.

Aims to raise standard social media access age to 16; introduced the AI Warnings And Resources for Education (AWARE) Act, the first House legislation to address the growing use of AI chatbot companions by minors; introduced the Safeguarding Adolescents From Exploitative BOTs (SAFEBOTs) Act which requires chatbot providers to clearly disclose to minors when they are interacting with an artificial intelligence system and not a real person; says that "Protecting kids online is one of the most urgent challenges we face in today's digital age"; introduced the RESET Act which requires platforms to default minors into safer settings, limit addictive and harmful algorithmic content, and give parents stronger oversight tools; co-led the Parents Over Platforms Act which closes the loophole that allows kids to bypass age limits by requiring app stores and developers to share responsibility for age assurance and blocking high-risk content for minors

Top legislative priority: introduced CHAT Act for AI chatbot age verification, parental consent for minors, suicide-ideation parental notification. Has called for federal protections in interviews with Ohio media.

Co-sponsored Kids Online Safety Act of 2023 (S.1409)

Champions legislation to protect children from harmful social media algorithms and keep AI-generated content safe; supports safeguards against targeted algorithmic content to minors

Vice chair House E&C; co-announced with Guthrie the Oversight & Investigations hearing on safety of AI chatbots, focused on harms to minors and need for federal oversight.

Led discussion on ensuring AI technologies protect student safety as Congressional Education Task Force Chair.

Joined 28-state AG coalition demanding Meta shut down AI features allegedly enabling sexually explicit interactions with minors; previously joined 54-AG letter to Congress urging a commission on AI-enabled child sexual exploitation.

Says that the foremost protection should be protecting minor children from technology grooming and indoctrinating them

Calls for strong protections against nonconsensual deepfakes and digital exploitation of minors

Argues that there must be strict regulation as it pertains to the safety of kids, teens, and vulnerable populations, ensuring chatbots and other AI tools are built with safety top of mind.

His deepfake bill arose from a New Jersey high-school deepfake incident and explicitly protects minors.

Led a letter to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, in support of child sexual abuse prevention research activities

Calls to "protect children and families from irresponsible AI and data practices."

The DEFIANCE Act she leads in the House covers deepfakes of women and children.

Investigated Meta and Character.AI for misleading children about AI mental health services; launched investigations under SCOPE Act; leading nation in AI-related children's privacy enforcement

Voted Yes on "Take It Down" Act (criminalizes AI deepfake inclusion of minors)

Asserts that Congress needs to pass legislation that protects the public, especially kids

Wants Congress to push for more fact-checking on social media platforms; supports media literacy education to help children distinguish AI-generated content from real; sees legislative opportunity to keep children safe online

Co-led the Kids Online Safety Act to protect minors from dangerous content

Hosted roundtable with Biden administration on AI; emphasized students learning responsible AI use and need for AI research focused on developing AI for good.

Wants to pass commonsense safeguards to keep kids safe online, including giving parents more control over their children's social media use

Announces Dept. of Justice grant supporting Mississippi Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force

Voted Yes on "Take It Down" Act (criminalizes AI deepfake inclusion of minors)

Titus voted with the 409-2 majority to pass the Take It Down Act (April 28, 2025), which criminalizes nonconsensual AI-generated intimate imagery including content depicting minors.

Supports the KIDS (Kids Internet and Digital Safety) Act, arguing that newer online threats including the misuse of AI must be addressed to protect minors, and has separately introduced the Focus on Learning Act on cell phones in schools.

Voted Yes on "Take It Down" Act (criminalizes AI deepfake inclusion of minors)

Co-authored the "Digital Consumer Protection Commission" Act, which explicitly mentions protecting children, that provision focused more bullying than AI.