The Senate will consider legislation this week that aims to protect children from dangerous online content, moving forward with what could become the first sweeping new regulation of the tech industry in decades.
PoliticsSenate Majority leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, left, talks with Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, as they wait for the arrival of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 10, 2024 in Washington. from dangerous online content, moving forward with what could become the first sweeping new regulation of the tech industry in decades.
The child safety bill came together as Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat, and Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn, a Republican, have worked together and with advocacy groups for several years on compromise legislation that is designed to hold companies more responsible for what children see while also ensuring that Congress does not go too far in regulating what individuals post.
In general, online platforms would have to default to the safest settings possible for accounts they believe belong to minors. The idea, Blumenthal and Blackburn have said, is for the platforms to be “safe by design.”
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