Fairplay's Screen Time Action Network

What Fairplay's Screen Time Action Network does

Fairplay's Screen Time Action Network (legally Children's Screen Time Action Network) is a nonprofit coalition operating as a project of Fairplay, headquartered at 89 South St., Suite 403, Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 2017 with 7 employees, the network has grown to over 2,600 members comprising practitioners, educators, advocates, and parents working to reduce children's screen time and promote healthy digital habits. The organization is led by Fairplay's Executive Director Josh Golin and founder Dr. Susan Linn, and was previously known as the Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC). The network operates five work groups—Screens in Schools, Online Harms Prevention, Early Childhood, Mental Health, and Interfaith—addressing topics from edtech overuse to youth mental health impacts.

The network's core offerings include a searchable Resource Library of 159 curated resources, the Screen Aware Early Childhood Action Kit, the Screen Aware Early Childhood Practice designation program, the Action Network Live webinar series, and the NextGen Connect youth engagement program. Technology is limited to a web-based resource library and virtual event hosting; no proprietary software, API, or AI capabilities are in evidence. The organization conducts high-profile advocacy, including a 2018 letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg signed by 97 child health advocates opposing Messenger Kids.

The business model is donation-supported: membership is free, providing access to resources, networking, professional development, and expert consultation. Revenue is not disclosed, and the coalition relies on donations and grants through its parent Fairplay rather than membership fees or commercial product sales. Distribution is self-serve via the screentimenetwork.org website, with content amplification through Facebook and Twitter channels managed under Fairplay's brand.

Name

Fairplay's Screen Time Action Network

Legal name

Children's Screen Time Action Network

Website

https://screentimenetwork.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fairplay's Screen Time Action Network is a Boston-based nonprofit coalition of 2,600+ practitioners, educators, advocates, and parents working to reduce children's screen time through resource libraries, work groups, webinars, and advocacy programs, operating as a project of Fairplay.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Children's Digital Wellness Advocacy

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Parent–Child Play & Interaction Programs (EDACALAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Parent-Facing Home Learning & Family Engagement Apps (EDACANAK)

Keywords

• Screen time advocacy
• Children's digital wellness
• Child development resources
• Media literacy education
• Family media planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Donations and Membership Support: The organization operates as a nonprofit coalition under Fairplay, supported primarily through donations. Membership is free, indicating the organization relies on donations and grants rather than membership fees for revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Screen Time Action Network is a free membership coalition of practitioners, educators, advocates, and parents (2,600+ members) working to reduce children's screen time. It distributes a Resource Library of 159 curated materials, runs Work Groups on Screens in Schools, Online Harms Prevention, Early Childhood, Mental Health, and Interfaith, and hosts the Action Network Live webinar series with expert speakers. Supplemental offerings include the free Screen Aware Early Childhood Action Kit, the Screens in Schools Action Kit, the NextGen Connect youth program, and the Screen Aware Early Childhood Practice designation for early childhood settings.

Product overview

Fairplay's Screen Time Action Network operates as a coalition-based advocacy and resource organization rather than a traditional product company. The network offers a membership program with access to resources, webinars, and collaborative work groups focused on reducing children's screen time. Key offerings include a Resource Library with 159 curated resources, the Screen Aware Early Childhood Action Kit (a free family and educator toolkit), and thematic Work Groups covering Screens in Schools, Online Harms Prevention, Early Childhood, Mental Health, and Interfaith topics. The Action Network Live webinar series features expert discussions on digital wellness, while NextGen Connect engages youth directly. The Screens in Schools Action Kit provides advocacy materials for parents and educators, and the Screen Aware Early Childhood Practice designation recognizes settings prioritizing play over screens.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2,600 members united in promoting healthy childhood by reducing screen time

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

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Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Fairplay: Fairplay is the parent nonprofit that houses the Screen Time Action Network and runs broader advocacy against commercial exploitation of childhood. Directly comparable mission around child wellbeing and screen-time harms; Fairplay is the organizational umbrella the network operates within.
• National PTA: National PTA is the largest parent advocacy organization in the U.S. and engages on school technology and child wellbeing issues. Comparable parent-advocate base and educator engagement, though broader in scope; relevant Screens-in-Schools advocacy audience.
• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): AAP sets pediatric guidance including the widely cited screen-time recommendations for children. Comparable authority on child health and screen time, with significantly larger reach; the network cites research-informed framing consistent with AAP positions.

Direct peers

• Common Sense Media: Common Sense Media provides parents and educators with reviews, research, and policy work on children's media and screen time. Directly comparable audience (parents, educators, advocates) and overlapping content categories (reviews, advice, policy advocacy), though with a broader media-rating scope.
• Family Online Safety Institute: FOSI is a nonprofit working to make the internet safer for kids and families through policy, education, and industry collaboration. Comparable family-and-educator audience and screen-time/safety policy focus, though more industry-engagement oriented versus the network's anti-industry stance.
• Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood: CCFC is the predecessor organization to Fairplay, referenced in legacy privacy policy communications and historically focused on ending commercial exploitation of children. Shares the network's anti-persuasive-design mission and grassroots advocacy model; effectively the network's institutional ancestor.
• Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development: Children and Screens convenes researchers, clinicians, and policymakers studying digital media's effects on child development. Comparable target audience of clinicians, educators, and researchers; differs by emphasizing research synthesis rather than grassroots advocacy.
• Parents Television Council: PTC is a parent-led advocacy nonprofit focused on media effects on children, including screen content and time. Comparable parent-advocate coalition model and policy advocacy focus, though centered on entertainment media rather than the network's broader screen-time framing.

Emerging players

• Cyberbullying Research Center: Cyberbullying Research Center produces research, statistics, and resources on cyberbullying and online youth harms. Overlapping thematic territory (online harms prevention, a key work group) with shared educator and parent audiences, though narrower in scope.
• Wait Until 8th: Wait Until 8th is a parent-led pledge movement encouraging families to delay smartphone access for children. Directly comparable parent-coalition advocacy model and child screen-time mission, though with a narrower, pledge-driven intervention.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/fairplayforkids
• Facebookfacebook.com/fpforkids
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/screentimenetwork

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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