PA SR136

Designates August 17-23, 2025 as "Social Media Safety and Parental Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania

Highlights sextortion as a growing threat, with 20.5 million reports of suspected child sexual exploitation received by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's CyberTipline in 2024, including 546,000 cases of online enticement (a 192% increase from 2023)

Notes that one in five teens have experienced sextortion, with teenage boys ages 13-17 most frequently targeted, and victims reported as young as 8 years old

Cites a 1,325% increase in reports involving AI-generated deepfake images used for online abuse in 2024, with over 67,000 incidents recorded

Encourages engagement in educational programming and public awareness efforts to prevent sextortion and protect minors as students prepare to return to school