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Senate Passes Legislation To Protect Kids On Social Media And Other Platforms


The Senate overwhelmingly passed a pair of bills today designed to boost privacy and other protections for children online, including restrictions on tech platforms’ targeted advertising to minors. The bills passed 91-3, a rare bipartisan show of support that reflects years of congressional hearings in which politicians of both parties berated CEOs of major platforms […]

The Senate overwhelmingly passed a pair of bills today designed to boost privacy and other protections for children online, including restrictions on tech platforms’ targeted advertising to minors. The bills passed 91-3, a rare bipartisan show of support that reflects years of congressional hearings in which politicians of both parties berated CEOs of major platforms over the failure to restrict certain types of content from teens and kids. The Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act prohibits platforms from collecting personal data of minors without providing notice and obtaining consent, among other things.

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