Common Sense Media

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We believe in media sanity, not censorship.
We believe that media has truly become "the other parent" in our kids' lives, powerfully affecting their mental, physical, and social development.
We believe in teaching our kids to be savvy, respectful and responsible media interpreters, creators, and communicators. We can’t cover their eyes but we can teach them to see.
We believe parents should have a choice and a voice about the media our kids consume and create. Every family is different but all need information.
We believe that the price for free and open media is a bit of extra homework for families. Parents need to know about the media their kids use and need to teach responsible, ethical behavior as well as manage overall media use.
We believe that through informed decision making, we can improve the media landscape one decision at a time.
We believe appropriate regulations about right time, right place, and right manner exist. They need to be upheld by our elected and appointed leaders.
We believe in age-appropriate media and that the media industry needs to act responsibly as it creates and markets content for each audience.
We believe ratings systems should be independent and transparent for all media.
We believe in diversity of programming and media ownership.

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2003

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Nov 21, 2024	The Double-Edged Sword of AI in Education: Navigating the New Frontier	The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in education is like a double-edged sword. On one side, it promises innovation and efficiency. On the other, it raises questions about ethics, control, and the very essence of teaching. OpenAI's rece...
Nov 20, 2024	OpenAI представила руководство для учителей по ChatGPT, но некоторые педагоги настроены скептически	Компания OpenAI предлагает учителям использовать её инструменты ИИ для создания учебных планов и интерактивных уроков, но некоторые педагоги сомневаются в целесообразности внедрения технологии — и её надёжности. Изображение: OpenAI Сегодня ...
Apr 1, 2024	TikTok Expands STEM Feed to Europe, Prioritizing Educational Content	Inno Flores, Tech Times 01 April 2024, 11:04 pm TikTok is rolling out its specialized STEM feed to Europe amid growing scrutiny in the U.S. and the U.K., signaling its dedication to promoting educational content within its platform. This fo...
Jan 29, 2024	Kids are flooded with social media and news. Some states want to help them question it	Matt Vasilogambros \| (TNS) Stateline.org Young people may be digital natives, but many of them aren’t equipped to deal with the increasing onslaught of disinformation and deepfakes appearing in their social media feeds. A growing number of ...
Jan 11, 2024	Commentary \| Guest opinion: Robin Berg: Meta is likely harming kids in Colorado and around the world	By Robin Berg Every day, parents like me do the best they can to keep their children safe online. But whether we set time limits on smartphones, enable privacy settings or ban social media altogether in our homes, it feels like a losing bat...
Nov 16, 2023	Several popular AI products flagged as unsafe for kids by Common Sense Media	An independent review of popular AI tools has found that many — including Snapchat’s My AI, DALLE, and Stable Diffusion, may not be safe for kids. The new reviews come from Common Sense Media, a nonprofit advocacy group for families that’s ...
Jul 17, 2023	Common Sense Media, a popular resource for parents, to review AI products’ suitability for kids	Common Sense, a well-known nonprofit organization devoted to consumer privacy, digital citizenship and providing media ratings for parents who want to evaluate the apps, games, podcasts, TV shows, movies and books their children are consumi...
May 5, 2022	Are We Doomed to a Culture Where Fake News Wins? Not if Schools Can Help It	One of the thoughts that burrows its way into my mind and simply won’t let go is exactly how to help my students (and, for that matter, everyone I know) navigate the flood of information, dodge the misinformation and find their way to the t...
Mar 29, 2022	Emotional ABCs K-3 Premium Curriculum Chosen for Prestigious CASEL “SELect” List	A CASEL SELect Curriculum We hope to give the next generation the tools to transform their world with more kindness, inclusivity, and empathy. LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) March 29, 2022 The Emotional ABCs Premium K-3 curriculum received the highest...
Feb 9, 2022	‘Peace will come to Ukraine’ – Hope	Antonina (R), 9, attends an online lesson, past her mother Natalya, on the first school day at her home in the village of Pokrovske, on September 1, 2022, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine. – In Pokrovske, a tiny village of 24 people in the ...
Jun 21, 2021	Common Sense Launches "Campaign for America's Children" to raise awareness about new child tax credit and other benefits for kids and families in President Biden's American Rescue Plan
May 18, 2021	Seems like everyone hates Instagram for kids	Lawmakers have a message for Facebook: Stop the kids’ version of Instagram before it starts. Sens. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) as well as Reps. Kathy Castor (D-FL) and Lori Trahan (D-MA) released a statement urging Facebo...
Jan 27, 2021	The U.S. K-12 Digital Divide Has Narrowed, but Must Close to Eliminate Risks to Students and the Economy
Dec 8, 2020	Emotional ABCs Premium Schools SEL Curriculum Launches Today	Emotional ABCs SEL Curriculum “The ability to have an entire classroom of students access the evidence-based SEL curriculum both from the classroom AND from home gives teachers and families maximum ease of use.” Cynthia Sikes, CCO Emotional...
Nov 2, 2020	How to Help Teachers and Students Navigate Election Anxiety and Noise	It’s been described as the most important election of our lifetime. And it’s happening as an ongoing pandemic keeps schools and businesses closed, as police brutality and racial injustice spur protests in the streets, and as the civic pilla...
Oct 8, 2020	Common Sense Launches 'Which Side of History?' Campaign to Challenge Leaders to Reverse the Harm Tech Is Having on Democracy and Our Lives
Sep 9, 2020	New Survey Reveals Americans Are Deeply Skeptical That Their Votes Will Be Counted Fairly and Young Adults Are Least Likely to Know How to Participate in the Election Process
Mar 24, 2020	‘Let Yourself Off the Hook’: Advice for Teachers and Parents During COVID-19	The new realities of the COVID-19 pandemic are starting to set in this week. For educators, that means disrupted routines and a shift to online learning at many schools. In the United States so far, 46 states have decided to close schools, ...
Mar 19, 2020	Learning In The Time Of COVID-19	Some useful resources to support learning in the time of COVID-19
Mar 16, 2020	Coronavirus FAQ: Everything Schools and Companies Need and Want to Know	Over the past weeks, readers have asked us many questions about the impact of the coronavirus on education in many different areas, from admissions to advice for young children, from salaries to student privacy and whether school closures a...
Jan 2, 2020	No One seems Ready for the new Consumer Privacy Law of California	Olive Marie, Tech Times 02 January 2020, 07:01 am (Photo : ahmed hussien on Flickr) The California Consumer Privacy Act just got into effect last Jan. 1, and it looks like no one, even the California state itself, is completely ready. Draft...
Dec 27, 2019	Fighting Fake News in the Classroom	PISA scores were recently released, and results of the international test revealed that only 14 percent of U.S. students were able to reliably distinguish between fact and opinion. This is particularly alarming because we live in an era whe...
Sep 16, 2019	The Unexpected Benefit of Differentiation? Student Happiness	Her voice cracking with emotion, first-grade teacher Candy Mobley recalls the day in 2014 when her school district's one-to-one program launched. "Their faces were so happy—it was like Christmas. I could have cried. Some of them had ne...
Jun 24, 2019	Take Two: Clever’s Newest Effort to Help Teachers Try Before They Buy Edtech	There are at least two truisms when it comes to education technology: 1. Teachers don’t always use what their district purchase. And 2: Many scour the web to find tools to use on their own—often without the knowledge or approval of school l...
Jun 14, 2019	Here's How Differentiation Helps Learning Stick	“Differentiation can take hours and hours and hours, but I’ve found a super-efficient way to differentiate well,” enthuses Dorseyville Middle School teacher Cathie Gillner. So what’s her secret, and how can you replicate it? It’s BrainPOP. ...
Feb 14, 2019	19 great Alexa skills for kids and teens	“Alexa, entertain my kid with high-quality content.” If you have an Echo device, you know this is a tall order. Not only is Alexa a finicky listener, but you need to launch specific “skills” to get the device to do what you want. With hundr...
Feb 12, 2019	Jim Steyer runs the powerful nonprofit Common Sense Media; now he’s using his influence to battle big tech	California Governor Gavin Newsom earlier today proposed a so-called digital dividend that would let consumers share in the profits generated by California-based tech companies that have been “collecting, curating and monetizing” their users...
Jan 3, 2019	5 ways to talk to your kids about swearing – and why	As kids get older, they come across strong language in everything from YouTube videos to online comments. And lately, the amount of swearing in public discourse seems to have bumped up a few notches. Parents can take advantage of these mome...
Dec 17, 2018	Which Apps Are Safe for Kids? Three Tools That Read the Fine Print for You	Some apps do more harm than good. And “free” apps often come with hidden costs. These tenets hold as true for education apps as they do for those in the consumer market, privacy experts contend. A recent New York Times investigation found t...
Oct 24, 2018	Can You Show Netflix in Class? Copyright for Teachers Made Simple	Can I show a video from Netflix in my classroom? Can I make 25 copies from my favorite math workbook? I just need three more copies of our book, can I make those? As educators, we use a variety of resources in our classroom to enhance a les...
Jul 21, 2018	What Makes a Good Edtech Tool Great?	In the last five years, there have been some remarkable shifts in the tools educators use in the classroom and to perform their many responsibilities. We’ve seen the market fluctuate dramatically, as early iPad-dominated classrooms gave way...
Feb 19, 2018	Jefferson Education Accelerator Winds Down, Rebrands to Focus on Edtech Reviews and Procurement	For the past three years, Bart Epstein has been busy running the Jefferson Education Accelerator, a “research accelerator” based at the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education. As a part-investment, part-research firm, the accele...
Feb 15, 2018	CommonSense raises $20 million to bring robotics to grocery delivery supply chain	Israeli robotics company CommonSense has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Playground Global with participation from Aleph VC and Innovation Endeavors, the early stage VC firm of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. The new funds – w...
Feb 7, 2018	Former Google Design Ethicist: Relying on Big Tech in Schools Is a ‘Race to the Bottom’	Researchers, filmmakers, teachers, policymakers and technologists gathered in Washington, D.C. this morning to continue the growing national conversation on the problems and solutions to technology addiction and the consequences it has on y...
Feb 7, 2018	‘Instagram for classwork’ Seesaw in 1/2 of US schools	Kids don’t try their hardest unless they think someone’s watching. Overcrowded classrooms and distracted parents can make pouring effort into school work feel pointless. But Seesaw‘s app turns their assignments into social media they share ...
Oct 12, 2017	To Teach Digital Citizenship Effectively, Educators Say It’s Time to Unblock Social Media	Since 2011 Banned Books Week has included a day to recognize banned websites. This year, on September 27, 2017, the American Association of School Librarians made a point to encourage their members to raise awareness about “overly restricti...
Aug 13, 2017	Counter tech’s effects on kids’ manners	TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE Technology has made people’s lives easier but it also has destroyed some of the basic values and life skills that children should have. You started with the best intentions. Your kid needed a laptop for homework. Your t...
Dec 18, 2016	Choosing a ‘Top-Down’ vs. ‘Bottom-Up’ Approach in Edtech Sales	Selling to schools is one of the hardest parts of building an edtech company. It is critical to have a well thought-out, go-to-market strategy in place to demonstrate the value of your edtech product. This means analyzing the classic 4 P’s ...
Dec 11, 2016	Virtual reality gifts popular among kids this holiday season	ASSOCIATED PRESS The Samsung Gear VR headset. Thinking about treating your family to a little virtual reality this holiday? Have no idea where to start? Don’t worry. From Google’s inexpensive Cardboard VR viewer to Sony’s new PlayStation VR...
Aug 30, 2016	What the Savviest School Administrators Know About Education Technology	Umang Gupta’s advice on monetizing your edtech product offers a snapshot of what the world of selling products to K-12 educators looks like to companies—and what the smartest edtech companies should know. Now let’s flip that lens: What does...
	Making Edtech Efficacy Actionable	Edtech is an investment, but how do you know if the investment you made is actually getting results? In this webinar we will focus on the key criteria you need to think about when evaluating the efficacy of edtech products before, during an...
	Resource: How to Find Edtech Tools	There’s no getting around it. Choosing the tech tools for a school or district, ones best for the organization’s plans, goals and budget, requires delving into the details of what products do. Here’s EdSurge’s shortlist of the sources emerg...

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FAQ about Common Sense Media

When was Common Sense Media founded?

Common Sense Media was founded in 2003.

What has the press written about Common Sense Media?

Parsers VC has collected 43 articles mentioning Common Sense Media, among them “The Double-Edged Sword of AI in Education: Navigating the New Frontier” (Nov 21, 2024) and “OpenAI представила руководство для учителей по ChatGPT, но некоторые педагоги настроены скептически” (Nov 20, 2024).

Is Common Sense Media still active?

Yes, Common Sense Media is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 17, 2025.