Schumer Announces Senate Floor Vote on Bills Protecting Children Online

Published on July 23, 2024

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has announced that he will bring two bills related to children’s online safety and privacy to a floor vote this week. One of the bills, known as the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), requires social media companies to take measures to prevent the spread of harmful content related to suicide, eating disorders, bullying, and drugs. KOSA would also require tech companies to allow minors to limit the category of recommendations or opt out of personalized recommendation systems that facilitate infinite scrolling. The other bill, Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) 2.0, prohibits social media platforms from collecting personal information without consent from users 13 to 16 years old and bans advertising targeting children and teens. It also requires tech companies to enable parents and their children to erase a child’s content or personal information....

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