What did the buffalo say to his son when he left for college…

Kara's been galivanting around the country delivering keynotes and Kim has been…editing. It's fine. They're fine. Discussion of the TikTok hearings and positive impacts the app has had on Kim and Kara's lives kick off this episode before Catie Reay joins the conversation. 

Don't mind the pitter patter of little feet, and what one child would later describe as "a very big picture" falling down in the background. It's all in a happily chaotic day's work for Catie Reay. Catie is a mother of four from Wyoming and in all of her tons of spare time, is also fielding an internet worth of advocacy. She joins Kim and Kara to share her harrowing tale of surviving a religious cult, enduring years of abuse, and healing her own inner child. Unabashedly taking social media platforms and the U.S. government to task, Catie is leading the way for followers to get involved in legislation benefitting survivors, especially children. She is going places, and she's taking all of us along with her. 

Catie is a CSA survivor and advocate to the sexually exploited and human trafficked. 

She uses her social media to educate, elevate survivor stories and uses public pressure to invoke change. 

Learn more from Catie:

Website: https://linktr.ee/catiereay

Instagram: @thetiktokadvocate

TikTok: @thetiktokadvocate

Catie's CTA: Parents--check out BARK to help monitor and protect your children online

Learn more about the Earn it act which requires social media platforms be held accountable for CSAM on their platforms (revision to section 230 making it possible to sue a social media platform)

Learn about CSOA-Child Safety Online Act 

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