Bob Cunningham → Virginia JCOTS
presented device-based age proposal to
2024-11-06
Commission records November6 presentation and questions about shared devices and correct age entry; Cunningham acknowledged continued parental oversight.
Named advocate carrying an age-assurance proposal into state legislative discussion
Bob Cunningham
Bob Cunningham is the ICMEC policy-engagement official quoted in legislative records on device-based age assurance. Wicks's March 2025 announcement identifies him as policy-engagement director; Virginia's technology commission records an earlier presentation on 6 November 2024.
Presentation and drafting context
The Virginia Joint Commission on Technology and Science recorded questions about shared devices and correct age entry, with Cunningham acknowledging continued parental oversight. His later California quotation describes continuing drafting work with Wicks and her staff. The records establish a presented design and reported collaboration without assigning him authorship of every provision in subsequent bills.
What the records show
Bob Cunningham → International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (US)
was identified as policy-engagement director at
2025-03-25
Wicks quotes Cunningham in this professional role.
From the investigation
ICMEC counterparts: money, participation and an observed drafting step
Virginia's JCOTS annual report records Cunningham's November6,2024 device-based age presentation and the commission's questions. Its December3 proceedings explicitly say Senator Craig's device-age bill concept resulted from that presentation and that she submitted a DLS draft request. This is an unusually clear institutional counterpart for agenda uptake. It is not proof of enacted legislation or authorship of every later provision. The original drafting request and resulting versions are highly targeted next evidence.
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2 relationshipsBob Cunningham → was identified as policy-engagement director at → International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (US)
2025-03-25
Wicks quotes Cunningham in this professional role.
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Bob Cunningham → presented device-based age proposal to → Virginia JCOTS
2024-11-06
Commission records November6 presentation and questions about shared devices and correct age entry; Cunningham acknowledged continued parental oversight.