Summary

The Mental Health Coalition highlights a critical necessity for digital safety policies, citing an unprecedented global need regarding mental health standards in tech environments. These frameworks serve essential roles in protecting the well-being and suicide prevention goals of youth and young adults operating on smartphones or computers daily. The vision of the coalition emphasizes that technology must function as a supportive resource rather than an isolating force.

Consequently, the Coalition mandates strict adherence to Safe Online Standards across every component including policy, functionality, governance, transparency, digital literacy, wellbeing, and content management systems. This comprehensive approach aims to ensure companies adhere to robust requirements such as rating frameworks, safety protocols, and accountability measures tailored specifically for adolescent users.

Key contributors include the President of S.O.S.CEO and research from the Child Mind Institute regarding research and practice. The Coalition is committed to ensuring these standards are implemented through a rigorous Development Process that includes evaluation plans alongside ongoing policy development. Without these mandatory guidelines, there remains an insufficient risk of harm to online communities, which threatens the well-being of all digital users worldwide.

Title

Safe Online Standards || Protecting Teens Where They Connect || Mental Health Online

Description

The Safe Online Standards (S.O.S.) initiative is a multi-year journey to transform youth mental health in the digital space by developing credible, data-driven standards and ratings for youth to ensure their mental health on technology platforms. Safe Onl

Downstreams

crisistextline.org, facebook.com

NS Lookup

A 185.230.63.107

Dates

Created 2026-10-07

Updated 2026-10-07

Summarized 2026-10-24