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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 36
BY SENATORS MIZELL AND PEACOCK AND REPRESENTATI VE WHITE
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To memorialize the Congress of the United States to support the #fixappratings initiative
calling for accurate, third-party application (app) ratings and intuitive parental
controls to better protect children from harmful online and mobile device content.
WHEREAS, millions of children use online and mobile devices daily; and
WHEREAS, parents rely on ratings to decide whether to allow their children to have
access to apps available online and on mobile devices; and
WHEREAS, app developers currently self-rate their apps and display the ratings in
app stores; and
WHEREAS, this rating system can be misleading, inconsistent, and does not
appropriately warn parents of the potential dangers found in applications; and
WHEREAS, no third-party organization holds app developers accountable to ensure
ratings are accurate and adequately explain the content and advertising available to children
therein; and
WHEREAS, popular apps often do not include or have adequate parental controls;
and
WHEREAS, apps can be hot spots for bullying, grooming, sex-trafficking,
pornography, glamorized self-harm content, and the buying and selling of illegal drugs; and
WHEREAS, in order to protect children from such harm, parents seek adequate
parental controls as well as the information necessary to determine if apps are appropriate
for their children; and
WHEREAS, the #fixappratings initiative calls for the creation of an independent app
ratings board and rating system that is clearly understood, enforced, trustworthy, and exists
to protect the innocence of minors; and
WHEREAS, the #fixappratings initiative also calls for the release of intuitive
parental controls to ensure that parents can effectively control their children's app activity.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana memorializes
the Congress of the United States to support the #fixappratings initiative calling for the
establishment of a third-party organization to assign app ratings and descriptions and the
development of user-friendly parental controls.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution shall be transmitted
to the secretary of the United States Senate and the clerk of the United States House of
Representatives and to each member of the Louisiana delegation to the United States
Congress.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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