Technology should be proven safe for children before it reaches them.

The evidence is in.

What Heat’s research found inside the products kids use every day.

Every

min

kids experienced one harmful interaction with Character.AI chatbots [Heat and ParentsTogether Action, 2025]

0 %

of young teen

Instagram users saw unsafe content or unwanted messages in the past month, a year after Teen Accounts launched. [Source: Heat polling, 2025]

in

minor users

on Snapchat reported unsafe content or messages in the past month [Heat polling, 2026]

$ 0 M+

estimate revenue

Apple has earned from customers storing child sexual abuse material on iCloud [Heat Report, 2026]

Heat Initiative holds the most powerful tech companies accountable for the worst harms children face.

Confronting the most egregious harms.

We focus where stakes are highest for kids online, including child sexual abuse and exploitation and AI-enabled harms that are outpacing safeguards.

Fighting the same problem at a new scale.

AI is speeding up the failures we've watched for years: products shipped first, tested later. We document the harms early and press for testing before launch.

Technology should be proven safe for children before it reaches them.

The evidence is in.

What Heat’s research found inside the products kids use every day.

Every

min

of young teen

in

minor users

estimate revenue

Heat Initiative holds the most powerful tech companies accountable for the worst harms children face.

Confronting the most egregious harms.

We focus where stakes are highest for kids online, including child sexual abuse and exploitation and AI-enabled harms that are outpacing safeguards.

Fighting the same problem at a new scale.

AI is speeding up the failures we've watched for years: products shipped first, tested later. We document the harms early and press for testing before launch.

Building a movement.

Survivors, parents, litigators, youth groups, researchers, and AI safety organizations, acting on shared demands across the globe.

Join us in turning up the heat on big tech.

Technology should be proven safe for children before it reaches them.

The evidence is in.

What Heat’s research found inside the products kids use every day.​

Every

min

of young teen

in

minor users

estimate revenue

Heat Initiative holds the most powerful tech companies accountable for the worst harms children face.

Confronting the most egregious harms.

We focus where stakes are highest for kids online, including child sexual abuse and exploitation and AI-enabled harms that are outpacing safeguards.

Fighting the same problem at a new scale.

AI is speeding up the failures we've watched for years: products shipped first, tested later. We document the harms early and press for testing before launch.

Building a movement.

Survivors, parents, litigators, youth groups, researchers, and AI safety organizations, acting on shared demands across the globe.

Join us in turning up the heat on big tech.

What Heat’s research found inside the products kids use every day.