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SAVE CEO Erich Mische on Historic $17.1 Billion Meta Settlement with State Attorneys General: “Parents Did This”
Below is a statement from Erich Mische, CEO of SAVE-Suicide Awareness Voices of Education, on today’s historic settlement between Meta and 47 state attorneys general. Erich is available today for interviews, on camera or by phone. “Parents did this. Grieving mothers and fathers who refused to be silent turned their pain into the most consequential…
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Our Students Aren’t Big Tech Guinea Pigs. Our Teachers Aren’t Phone Police.
The Minnesota Unplugged Movement Says Skills Over Screens and Evidence Over Trends. Statewide coalition MN Unplugged hosts its first sponsored event, “Let’s Talk (Intentional) Tech,” Monday September 14 in St. Paul, backed by SAVE, MyPhone by Ooma, the Institute for Families and Technology, and The Rosenberg Center. ST. PAUL, Minn: A growing movement of Minnesota…
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Raise The Rail
Contact: Ed Kopel, AIA ek@raisetherail.org | (718) 237-0164 www.raisetherail.org The Most Effective Suicide Prevention Tool Requires No Therapist, No Medication, and No One Else in the Room New York City Event Brings Together Psychiatry, Public Health, and Architecture in First-of-Its-Kind Roundtable on World Suicide Prevention Day NEW YORK, NY — August 19, 2026 — On…
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SAVE and the Pavek Museum Present “The Next Broadcast,” a Community Conversation on Protecting Kids in the Age of Social Media and AI
September 12 panel at the Pavek Museum brings together Minnesota legislators and Minnesota parents who have lost children to online harms; special $9.88 admission honors the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. (August 5, 2026) SAVE, Suicide Awareness Voices of Education, and the Pavek Museum of Electronic Communication will host “The Next Broadcast:…
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SENATORS MCCORMICK, KAINE, RICKETTS AND HASSAN INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN CAMPUS LIFELINE ACT TO STRENGTHEN STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION
Legislation Expands Student-Led Mental Health Programs and Increases Awareness of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Dave McCormick (R-PA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) today introduced the bipartisan Campus Lifeline Act, legislation to strengthen student mental health and suicide prevention efforts by expanding student-led outreach on college…
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SAVE celebrates today’s passage of Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) at US Senate Commerce Committee
SAVE celebrates today’s passage of Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) at U.S. Senate Commerce Committee’s The following is a statement from Erich Mische, CEO of SAVE on Senate Commerce Committee Approval of KOSA “Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation reported the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA, S.1748) favorably out of committee.…
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SAVE Welcomes Senate Markup of Kids Online Safety Act
7/29/2026 Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz said Wednesday that the committee would mark up the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA, S.1748) next week. SAVE – Suicide Awareness Voices of Education, a national nonprofit dedicated to ending the tragedy of suicide, has been working alongside parent advocates to pass this important legislation and protect children and…
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Blackburn should stand firm on the Kids Online Safety Act | Opinion
Two mothers who lost children after online harms urge Sen. Marsha Blackburn to reject any deal that weakens the Kids Online Safety Act or shields social media companies from accountability. Maurine Molak and Deb Schmill U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn is a key proponent of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), which would require social media companies to…
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Letter to U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chair Cruz and Ranking Member Cantwell calling for them to mark up the Kids Online Safety Act (S. 1748) without delay
July 14, 2026 The Honorable Ted Cruz Chair U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 254 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Maria Cantwell Ranking Member U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 254 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear Chair Cruz and Ranking Member Cantwell, On behalf of the organizations dedicated to improving the mental…
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SAVE Blasts Big Tech Obstruction of Minnesota Social Media Warning Label Law
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (July 2, 2026) – SAVE (Suicide Awareness Voices of Education), one of the leading advocates for passage of Minnesota’s social media warning label law, released the following statement from CEO Erich Mische regarding the NetChoice lawsuit challenging the legislation and delayed implementation of Minnesota’s social media warning label law: “On July 1, Minnesota…
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SAVE Welcomes Bipartisan House Passage of the KIDS Act, Calls on the Senate to Act on KOSA
WASHINGTON, D.C. – SAVE (Suicide Awareness Voices of Education), a Minnesota-based national suicide prevention nonprofit, today welcomed U.S. House passage of the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act (KIDS Act, H.R. 7757) by a bipartisan vote of 267 to 117 and called on the U.S. Senate to act without delay on the Kids Online Safety…
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