Small to Fail initiative. In June 2016, Steyer was included on Tech & Learning's 2016 List of the Most Influential People in Edtech. That same year, Steyer launched the Common Sense Kids campaign through Common Sense Media creating "a mass army for kids" by focusing on children's issues in the political field. Future of Tech Commission Steyer launched the Future of Tech Commission with former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and former Education Secretary Margaret Spellings in April 2021. As co-chairs, this commission will compile solutions for a comprehensive tech policy agenda under President Biden and Congress on topics as privacy, antitrust, digital dequity, and content moderation/platform accountability. Common Sense Media Founded in 2003, Steyer’s nonprofit organization, Common Sense Media, focuses on the effects that media and technology have on young users. Steyer describes the group as “nutritional labeling of media." The leading national media advocacy group is financed by donations from foundations and individuals and fees from media partners. Common Sense Media distributes its content to more than 100 million US homes via partnerships with Comcast, Time Warner Cable, DIRECTV, NBC Universal, Netflix, Best Buy, Google, Yahoo!, AOL, Huffington Post, Fandango, Trend Micro, Verizon Foundation, Nickelodeon, and more. Steyer’s advocacy has reached tens of millions of parents a month in articles, reviews and advice columns. Common Sense Media helps parents and their children to identify content that could be harmful to a younger audience. During a U.S. House of Representatives hearing in December 2021, Steyer claimed that Common Sense Media had 1.2 million registered teacher members. Their education programs focus on digital literacy and citizenship for students & parents and are in use in more than 90,000 schools across the U.S. Common Sense Media played a major role in the passage of the 2005 California law restricting the sale of violent video games, but was struck down by the Supreme Court. In March 2012 the feature length documentary Bully was released into AMC Theatres with a "Pause 13+" rating designated by Common Sense Media. The film had previously been rated R by the MPAA. Under the new rating, AMC theaters allowed entrance to viewers under 17 provided they had a signed permission slip. Privacy In 2014, Steyer supported California's "Eraser Bill," which lets California children under age 18 remove their postings from social media websites. The same year, Steyer called the passage of California Senate Bill 1177 "a big win