Company: GOOGL
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001308179-25-000511
Chunk: 88

Company: Alphabet Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 88
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| •                                                                                  | We have already published our ‘Legislative Framework to Protect Children and Teens Online’ and believe that the requested report is unnecessary. |
| •                                                                                  | We strive to ensure that children and teens have positive and age-appropriate experiences on our platforms.                                      |

We have already published our comprehensive ‘Legislative Framework to Protect Children and Teens Online’ and believe that the requested report is unnecessary We believe well-crafted legislation can be an effective tool in building on existing efforts to keep children and teens safer online. As part of our commitment to collaborating with legislators on these issues, in October 2023, we published a Legislative Framework to Protect Children and Teens Online, which offers our perspectives on how to implement protections while also allowing young people to learn and thrive in an increasingly digital world. The framework supports legislation in areas such as:

| • | Requiring online services to prioritize the best interests of children                           
 and teens in the design of their products;                                                       |
| • | Banning personalized advertising to minors, as well as banning the sale of minors’               
 data;                                                                                            |
| • | Requiring privacy-preserving settings that help parents address the unique needs and preferences 
 of their family, while also respecting the increased abilities and autonomy of teens; and        |
| • | Requiring online services to take measures to support mental health and wellbeing for children   
 and teens.                                                                                       |

The report requested by the proposal would largely duplicate this publicly accessible and comprehensive framework outlining our suggested legislative approaches in line with our child safety policies and commitments. Moreover, we are public in our support of a number of laws on these issues, and have been clear where we have concerns about other proposed laws that could have negative and/or unintended consequences. We strive to ensure that children and teens have positive and age-appropriate experiences on our platforms Without waiting for legislation, we strive to ensure that children and teens have positive and age-appropriate experiences on our platforms by:

| • | Designing Age-Appropriate Products: We build services, like YouTube                                    
 Kids and Google Kids Space, that align with children’s and teens’ developmental stages and needs.      |
| • | Empowering Families with Flexible Controls: We offer a number of settings and tools,                   
 like Family Link, that give families flexibility to manage their unique relationships with technology. |
| • | Implementing Strong Policies and Protections: We enforce strict policies, like YouTube’s               
 Community Guidelines, and invest in technology and expert teams to detect and remove harmful content.  |