Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee, Tuesday, March 17, 2026

17 März 2026

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Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee Di., 17. März 2026 California State Assembly

39:55 - 43:03

Redner 1

Good afternoon. We're gonna call this hearing of the privacy consumer protection, committee into order. This is, an informational hearing that we are hosting today on online safety controls. And I want to start by thanking all of our panelists for attending and participating in our hearing today. And of course, I want to thank the privacy staff, which is, as I believe, one of the best in the building, the rules committee, sergeant's office, and other support staff are helping to organize this hearing.

This hearing was really born out of, my experience serving on this committee for now seven years. We hear and we'll begin with the lived experience of parents navigating social media with their children who say that the systems are broken for their kids and they aren't working. And then we kept hearing from industry the answer is parental controls. And so I decided that we needed to put these two perspectives together and have a real moment to talk about the parental controls, how they work, what they are, what they're doing. Do people know they exist?

Are people using them? How and why and can they fail children? And how do we navigate a path forward online that is safer for California's children? And so I want to really acknowledge all of the speakers who are here today to have that conversation with us. As I said, we're going to start with, the Hinxes who will really share what it means to be a parent navigating parents navigating this world.

We're gonna hear from folks representing children. It's a voice that often isn't loud enough in this building, but we have, two incredible organizations, Common Sense Media and Children Now, who will be here to speak on behalf of California's children. I also wanna give, a huge debt of gratitude to the four companies, California companies, I will say, Google, Meta, OpenAI, and Roblox, who all agreed to be here. Often, we have to go, a second round to get people to participate, but every single one of the companies that we invited in the first round agreed to come and have a conversation with us about parental control. So I really wanna express my gratitude.

I think this is an important conversation. Thank you for being here to have it with us. And then lastly, we'll have a panel to discuss potential solutions with some experts that research this space every day. And I think this conversation will hopefully help us, navigate a path forward in the social media space that is informed by what is happening online, the realities of these, products, and the experts' research. Because I know that all of us hopefully are committed to a safer online future for California's children.

I will say that I'm entering this conversation personally with the fundamental question in my mind that if we know that these, in some cases, these online spaces are designed to be addictive and to keep our children engaged, can any amount of time be safe for them? And so that's where I come at this, but I I also think that it is the reality that our kids are growing up with, and so we need to figure out, you know, what is the way for California to create the safest spaces for our children. So with that, I wanna turn it over to my colleagues if they have any opening remarks. Selena Birlenthal or Wicks?

43:04 - 43:33

Redner 2

Yeah. John, I'll be very brief. First of all, I just wanna thank our chair. You know, this committee has led with moral clarity in a way, nowhere else in The United States has, actually, including our federal government, and I am grateful as a father. Thank you, madam chair, for today and every day that we do this work.

And I also wanna thank everybody that has come here. I believe we are all a community together. All of us ultimately want the same things for

43:36 - 43:39

Redner 3

a healthy consumer, a robust business,

43:41 - 44:04

Redner 2

you know, a future that we all know this generation is surpassing the generation before it and so forth. And so I look forward to having individual relationships with each and every one of you, and I know that everybody on this committee feels this way. And it's just a joy that you that you showed up today. So thank you so much. Pleasure.

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