Senate Poised to Pass Bills to Protect Children’s Safety and Privacy Online

The Senate is scheduled to pass new legislation today to protect children’s safety and privacy online. Last Thursday, senators voted 86-1 to end the debate on the two bills and advance them to the floor, setting them up on a “glide path to final passage,” according to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).

The new bills update a decades-old law to safeguard children’s safety on the internet. The rules for the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) took effect in 2000, four years before Facebook was created.

One of the bills, COPPA 2.0, expands the age limit for protected minors from 13 to 16 and requires social media platforms to obtain consent from users aged 13 to 16 before collecting their personal information. The bill also bans ads targeting children and teens.

The other bill, the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), addresses tech companies’ algorithms for keeping users consuming content. It requires the companies to allow minors to limit the category of recommendations or opt out of personalized recommendation systems that facilitate infinite scrolling.

Read Full Article Here
 

Follow us

Read our latest news on any of these social networks!

Get latest news delivered daily!

We will send you breaking news right to your inbox


Have a tip? Let us know!

Recent Articles

  • by:
  • Source: AP News
  • 03/14/2025
...
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to partly allow birthright citizenship restrictions

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow restrictions on birthright citizenship to partly take effect while legal fights play out.

  • by:
  • Source: Fox News
  • 03/14/2025
...
Chuck Schumer will vote to keep government open: 'For Donald Trump, a shutdown would be a gift'

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., says he will vote to keep the government open, warning that a shutdown has worse consequences for Americans and would only empower President Donald Trump and Elon Musk further.

...
More than 2,000 laid off at Johns Hopkins University amid Trump budget cuts

Johns Hopkins University announced Thursday it's laying off over 2,000 employees amid budget cuts made by the Trump administration.

...
ICE: US Immigration Detention Maxed at 47.6K Detainees

U.S. immigration detention is filled to capacity at 47,600 detainees, a senior U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said on a call with reporters on Wednesday, adding that the Trump administration was seeking more bed space.