Senate Passes Legislation To Protect Kids On Social Media And Other Platforms
deadline.comThe 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 Kids Online Safety Act requires that platforms include settings to restrict access to minors’ personal data, and tools for parents to give them control over account and privacy settings.
Larger websites and social media platforms also will have to disclose the use of algorithms that prioritize information based on user-specific data.
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