2025: A Year of Major Policy Wins, Strategic Engagements & Expanded Impact

As we close out 2025, we’re proud to reflect on a year defined by historic policy victories, strategic high-level engagements, expanded public education initiatives, and impactful conversations that advanced our mission to make the internet safer for children and families. EIE’s work in 2025 strengthened protections, elevated awareness, and deepened partnerships across federal, state, and community levels.

Historic Federal Policy Successes


This year marked significant legislative and legal wins. EIE’s advocacy contributed to the signing of the Take It Down Act, historic bipartisan legislation criminalizing non-consensual intimate imagery and deepfakes—providing critical legal tools to protect youth online. EIE celebrated the signing of this landmark law by President Trump in the Rose Garden.

Donna witnessed the signing of the Take It Down Act by President Trump at the Rose Garden in May

AG Alan Wilson (S.C) and Donna at the Take It Down Act signing

Senator Lindsey Graham (SC) met with EIE to advance the Children’s Internet Safety Presidential Pledge and advancing new laws like the Earn It Act to prevent the online exploitation of children. 

Congressman John Moolenaar (MI) joined EIE to explore aggressive enforcement and expansion of laws against child sexual abuse material (CSAM), sextortion, trafficking, and AI-generated abuse.

Senator Mike Lee (UT) engaged in discussions on federal strategies to prevent online exploitation, including the SCREEN Act, Protect Act, and App Store Accountability Act

South Carolina Lt. Governor Pamela Evette (2nd from right) met with members of the EIE team who thanked her for her leadership in getting laws passed in recent years like Gavin's law and many others.

The EIE team met with South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson and his staff to discuss EIE's statewide initiative to advance ways to keep S.C.'s children and families safer online.

Donna participated in a panel alongside SC Rep. Brandon Guffey—whose son tragically died by suicide after sextortion—at Attorney General Alan Wilson’s Human Trafficking Summit

Public Education, Media & Awareness

Education and awareness continued to expand in 2025. EIE released essential resources including comprehensive social media safety and device guides, providing actionable tools for parents and caregivers.

We launched and featured new episodes of the Internet Safety with Donna Rice Hughes podcast, addressing urgent topics such as artificial intelligence, TikTok dangers linked to viral challenges, and the need for Big Tech accountability. EIE also participated in expert panels, town halls and media interviews, including discussions on youth online safety and deepfake technology risks, amplifying our message to national audiences.

In 2025 alone, EIE was mentioned in 161 print and online news stories, reaching a potential audience of over one BILLION people, and appeared more than 75 times on TV, radio, and podcasts—bringing urgent attention to risks that too often go unaddressed.

Looking Ahead to 2026

Our accomplishments this year reflect the power of collaboration, advocacy, and informed public engagement. As we head into 2026, we remain steadfast in our mission—driving policy, empowering families, and safeguarding the online world for children everywhere.

As we close out 2025, your year-end gift will help sustain the momentum of historic policy victories, high-level federal and state engagements, and expanding education efforts that are strengthening protections for children online nationwide in 2026. 

A generous one-time gift—or becoming a monthly partner to sustain our efforts year-round—ensures we can continue advancing critical laws, holding Big Tech accountable, and equipping families with trusted safety resources year-round. Your partnership today directly fuels lasting impact and safeguards children well into the year ahead. Don't miss the 2025 tax deduction deadline and give your most generous gift today! We can't do this without you!

We are so grateful for those who have joined the fight to protect children in an internet- enabled and increasingly AI generated world. Thank you for standing with us as we battle together to protect innocent children from online atrocities they should never have to face. 

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Enough Is Enough® is a national non-partisan, non-profit organization who has led the fight to make the Internet safer for children and families since 1994. EIE's efforts are focused on combating internet p*rnography, child sexual abuse material, sexual predation, sex trafficking and cyberbullying by incorporating a four-pronged prevention strategy with shared responsibilities between the public, corporate America, government and faith community.

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