Statement from Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex on Online Child Safety

Today, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held a bi-partisan hearing on online child safety in front of a packed room including dozens of parents whose children have suffered or died due to online harms. The Archewell Foundation has been working with many of these families to provide a support network for parents dealing with grief or who have children managing serious mental health conditions as a result of their exposure to harmful online content.

Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and co-founders of The Archewell Foundation said:

“We applaud the bravery and determination of the thousands of parents around the country whose advocacy resulted in this hearing.

Over the past few years, we have spent time with many of these families, listening to their heartache and their hopes for the urgent change that is needed in the online space. This is an issue that transcends division and party lines, as we saw today at the Senate hearing. The best parenting in the world cannot keep children safe from these platforms. As one of the fathers shared with us: ‘If love could have saved them, all of our children would still be here.’

This is not the time to pass the buck of responsibility. It’s the time to make necessary change at the source to keep our children safe.”