Sen. Hawley tells NBCNews he intends to make his focus in the current Congress a legislative package aimed at protecting children online — including by setting the age threshold to be on social media at 16.
. His efforts have also often run counter to more traditional conservative economic theory but have gained traction among segments of the right dismayed by the industry's broad influence and perceived anti-conservative bias.
Hawley surmised that over the last decade, tech companies have conducted"a giant social experiment involving our kids, where big tech makes gobs of money, collects gobs of data, which they then sell and make even more money on." "And kids get hurt in the process," he added."And so the whole aim of this agenda is: Let's do something real and tangible, that is going to protect kids online and get power back to parents."
Hawley will release individual pieces of legislation in the coming months and expressed hope that his effort could draw bipartisan interest in the divided Congress.and over the years about this topic generally and about different pieces of this," Hawley said."I don’t see this as a partisan issue. I mean, this is about protecting kids from the irresponsible and rapacious big tech companies.
Hawley's announcement came hours before the State of the Union address Tuesday night, during which President Joe Biden
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