Welcome to Quit Clicking Kids
An advocacy and education site to combat the monetization of children on social media.
Latest Updates
Our Work in Action: June 2025
June 2025 – NY Senator John C. Liu issues a release that S825 passed the Senate in New York!. Sadly, the corresponding Assembly Bill, A00774, did not advance beyond the committee stage during the 2025 New York legislative session. It was introduced on January 8, 2025, and referred to the Assembly Labor Committee where it remained until the close of the 2025 session.
Our Work in Action: May 2025
May 20, 2025 – HB 392 – The Child Digital Protection Act has been signed into law in Montana!
Our Work in Action: April 2025
Quit Clicking Kids is honored to have their advocacy work featured in the new Netflix documentary Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing. In this eye-opening documentary exposé, teens and parents reveal disturbing accounts of abuse and exploitation within the world of child influencers.
Webinar March 25, 2025
Ending the Exploitation of Minors on Social Media: A Federal Policy Perspective
Moderator Jess Maddox, Chris McCarty, Alyson Stoner and other panelists discuss the need for federal legislation to protect children working in family social media. View the webinar recording here!
September 26, 2024 – WE DID IT!
Governor Newsom signed SB764 into law for the children of California!
Our advocacy, working together, got SB764 over the finish line! Huge thank you to Governor Newsom for signing the bill, Senator Padilla for leading the effort in California, Demi Lovato for working with Quit Clicking Kids on awareness and advocacy and all the supporters who called, wrote, shared and participated in this effort!
Let’s keep up the momentum to pass this type of legislation in other states and even federally!
Our Work in Action: September 2024
Quit Clicking Kids is honored to have their advocacy work featured in the new Hulu documentary Child Star. Child Star is Demi Lovato’s directorial debut featuring actors and activists discussing the potential impacts of unregulated child entertainment. Quit Clicking Kids was featured for our work as the original co-crafter of legislation aiming to protect children who are monetized on family social media accounts in Washington State. The documentary is now available on Hulu and Disney+.
Key Milestones:
- 2022 – First Legislation Introduced in the US – WASHINGTON : HB 2032 in Washington State was the first piece of introduced legislation in the United States to offer protections for children who are monetized on family social media accounts. Quit Clicking Kids is honored to have been the driving force and co-crafter behind this bill. The first reading of HB 2032 was in January of 2022. HB 2032 has been re-introduced as HB 1627 with no substantive language changes.
- 2023 – First Legislation Signed Into Law – ILLINOIS: SB 1782 in Illinois is QCK-inspired legislation which was signed into law on August 11th, 2023 and took effect on July 1st, 2024.
- 2025 – Most Recent Legislation Signed Into Law – MONTANA: HB 392 – The Child Digital Protection Act was signed into law in Montana on May 20, 2025!
Thank you for all your SUPPORT!
What’s Next?
On to New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, and more!
Follow coverage of the issue, progress by state and on Instagram at quit_clicking_kids
The Story (Short Version!)
Like so many things, this project started as a simple question. What if there were a way to protect minors from being monetized online? After 18 months of research, I took this project to the Oregon and Washington State legislatures in early 2022. Unfortunately, the Oregon legislative session had just finished.
However, I was lucky enough to get sponsorship for the bill from Representative Wicks and Representative Berry. Non-partisan council staff member Lily Smith drafted the bill in January 2022, and it was introduced to the Washington State House of Representatives as HB 2032 in the 2022 Session.
After the retirement of Representative Wicks, I worked to find a new champion for this important Bill. Representative Kristine M. Reeves agreed to resubmit this Bill for the 2023 Session. The new Bill was HB 1627.
I am now working to get this bill passed into law in all 50 states AND FEDERALLY, and to get the conversation started around monetized minors (sometimes called #sharenting).
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