Publications: Alex Ambrose
September 3, 2025
The UK’s Online Safety Act’s Predictable Consequences Are a Cautionary Tale for America
Rather than following the UK’s lead on children’s online safety, U.S. policymakers should learn from their mistakes and chart a better path that skillfully preserves user privacy, limits collateral damage, and removes the incentives for online services to over-remove lawful content.
July 7, 2025
Supreme Court Ruling Sparks Age Checks—Here’s a Smarter Fix
The Supreme Court upheld Texas’s online age checks, opening the door to fragmented state laws. Congress should create a single national “child flag” system to protect kids and simplify compliance.
June 2, 2025
AR/VR’s Potential in Health Care
AR/VR innovation needs to accelerate in order to meet the critical demands of health care. Policymakers should empower and fund immersive technologies in the health-care industry because of the long-term cost saving benefits and positive impact on patient care.
May 21, 2025
AI Companions Risk Over-Regulation with State Legislation
Instead of legislating AI companions based on a real understanding of the benefits and potential harms of AI companions, states risk over-regulating before the technology can reach its full potential.
April 9, 2025
Comments Before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Regarding Data Privacy
A reasonable compromise on federal data privacy should protect and promote innovation by minimizing compliance costs and restrictions on data use, as well as address concrete privacy harms, improve transparency requirements, and strengthen oversight and enforcement.
February 28, 2025
New FTC COPPA Rule Update Does Little for Parents to Protect Children Online
There is still time to adjust the COPPA Rule to better protect children and empower parents without imposing unnecessary burdens on businesses and users.
February 6, 2025
The Kids Off Social Media Act Misses the Mark on Children’s Online Safety
Senators reintroduced the Kids Off Social Media Act (KOSMA), which has many flaws, namely that it complicates compliance for platforms that already disallow children below age 13 and limits users’ ability to fully customize their online experience.
February 5, 2025
Congress, Not States or the Supreme Court, Should Lead the Way in Balancing Children’s Online Safety and Access to Adult Content
Congress needs to step in to prevent a patchwork of state age-verification laws and establish a child-flag system that would better balance adults' access to legal content versus children's access to material intended for mature audiences.
January 24, 2025
Comments to Standards Australia Regarding Children’s Safety in the Metaverse
Standards Australia should establish age-based guidelines for the metaverse using existing content ratings; require device operating systems to create an opt-in “trustworthy child flag” system; work with global, government-led groups to build voluntary industry standards with a focus on interoperability; and promote digital literacy campaigns for children to operate in the metaverse safely.
January 16, 2025
Meta Community Notes and Content Moderation in a Free Market
Meta announced on January 7, 2025 that it was ending its third-party fact-checking program on its social media platforms—Facebook, Instagram, and Threads—and moving to a “Community Notes” model, similar to X, in the United States.