![]() Minors would have the option to disable addictive product features and algorithms that push certain content. Legislation by Senators Richard Blumenthal, a Connecticut Democrat, and Marsha Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican, approved by the chamber's Commerce Committee last year would require social media companies to be more transparent about their operations and enable child safety settings by default. In the Senate, at least two bills are focused on children's online safety. Lawmakers cite numerous examples of teenagers who have taken their own lives after cyberbullying or have died engaging in dangerous behavior encouraged on social media. Several House and Senate bills would try to make social media, and the internet in general, safer for children who will inevitably be online. ![]() "We must finally hold social media companies accountable for the experiment they are running on our children for profit," Biden said.Ī look at some of the areas of potential regulation: Noting that many young people are struggling, President Joe Biden said in his February State of the Union address that "it's time" to pass bipartisan legislation to impose stricter limits on the collection of personal data and ban targeted advertising to children. But any effort to regulate the mammoth industry would face major obstacles as technology companies have fought interference. Lawmakers have introduced a slew of bipartisan bills, boosting hopes of compromise. But there is little consensus on how it should be done.Ĭoncerns have skyrocketed about China's ownership of TikTok, and parents have grown increasingly worried about what their children are seeing online. Most Democrats and Republicans agree that the federal government should better regulate the biggest technology companies, particularly social media platforms. ![]()
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