Jan 21, 2025
Donna Rice Hughes is the President and CEO of Enough Is Enough ® (EIE), an internationally known internet safety expert, author, speaker and Emmy-Award winning producer. She joins Chris Meek on this installment of Next Steps Forward to share her vision which helped to birth the internet safety movement in America at the advent of the digital age and how, since 1994, she has been a pioneering leader on the frontlines of U.S. efforts to make the internet safer for children and families. Throughout the hour she will share steps to prevent internet-initiated crimes against children through education, equipping and empowering parents, educators and caring adults with the knowledge and resources they need to protect children, as well as cyber security risks and dangers related to social networking, online gaming and mobile devices. Ms. Rice Hughes uses evidence-based curriculum to equip adults to implement both safety rules and software rules when it comes to youth’s internet enabled devices.
About Donna Rice Hughes: Donna Rice Hughes, President and CEO of Enough Is Enough® (EIE) is an internationally known Internet safety expert, author, speaker and Emmy-Award winning producer. Her vision helped to birth the Internet safety movement in America at the advent of the digital age. Since 1994, she has been a pioneering leader on the frontlines of U.S. efforts to make the Internet safer for children and families. She has given thousands of media interviews on preventing the internet-enabled exploitation of children and has been a featured guest on most major media outlets including Fox News, CNN, Today Show, Good Morning America, Oprah, Barbara Walters Show, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Time, Newsweek, People, Ladies Home Journal among others. She has also testified numerous times before Congress, served on various government task forces, and on the Child Online Protection Commission appointed by the US Senate.