Bipartisan Senate group reintroduces a revised Kids Online Safety Act
but never made it to the Senate floor after backlash from advocacy groups. The revamped legislation “provides specific tools to stop Big Tech companies from driving toxic content at kids and to hold them accountable for putting profits over safety,” said Blumenthal.
The rewritten bill adds new protections for services like the National Suicide Hotline, LGBTQ+ youth centers and substance-abuse organizations to avoid being unnecessarily harmed. In addition, it would make social platforms give minors options to safeguard their information, turn off addictive features and opt out of algorithmic recommendations.
The American Psychological Association, Common Sense Media and other advocacy groups support the updated bill. It has 26 cosponsors from both parties, including lawmakers ranging from Dick Durbin and Sheldon Whitehouse to Chuck Grassley and Lindsey Graham . Blackburn told CNBC today that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is “a hundred percent behind this bill and efforts to protect kids online.
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