Senators Blumenthal (D) and Blackburn (R) unveil the Kids Online Safety Act, requiring platforms offer extra safety and privacy tools for users under 16
A bipartisan pair of senators on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping bill that aims to give parents more control over their children's time online …
The bill by Sens. Blumenthal and Blackburn aims to require social media companies to provide parental tools, enabled by default, to fight app addiction and “rabbit holes” of harmful content. It'd also require third-party platform audits and researcher access to data.
The senators are calling the bill the Kids Online Safety Act, and it's Congress's latest attempt to clamp down on tech after warnings about how social media may be contributing to a teen mental health crisis. Here's the bill text: https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/ ...
This morning, two US senators are introducing a bill aimed at curbing social media's harmful impact on young people by targeting platforms' handling of content around eating disorders, substance abuse and suicide, among other issues.