Politico May 20, 2024
With Carmen Paun and Alice Miranda Ollstein
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PARENTS VS. THEIR KIDS’ SOCIAL MEDIA — A coalition of parents’ groups is lobbying Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to hold a vote on the Kids Online Safety Act.
KOSA would require social media sites — which parents blame for their children’s deaths — to stop recommending content promoting suicide, eating disorders, substance abuse and sexual exploitation, POLITICO’s Ruth Reader reports.
Sponsored by Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), the bill has 67 other senators among its co-sponsors, including Schumer.
“Big tech is out there and has never been spending more money than they are now on this type of lobbying: commercials on the Hill, articles — I...
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