{"id":1302236,"date":"2022-02-16T09:52:49","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T14:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1302236"},"modified":"2022-02-16T09:53:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T14:53:17","slug":"senators-reveal-bipartisan-bill-targeting-big-tech-companies-for-harms-to-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-reveal-bipartisan-bill-targeting-big-tech-companies-for-harms-to-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators Reveal Bipartisan Bill Targeting Big Tech Companies For Harms To Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenators-reveal-bipartisan-bill-targeting-big-tech-companies-for-harms-to-children%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1302236&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republican Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Democratic Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal unveiled a bipartisan bill Wednesday aimed at curbing online harms to children.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackburn.senate.gov\/services\/files\/6ADC7E78-4965-4DA8-88AA-72862CB64AC9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kids Online Safety Act<\/a> is the result of several hearings and a months-long investigation <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/27\/facebook-instagram-josh-hawley-marsha-blackburn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">led<\/a> by Blackburn and Blumenthal into how use of social media platforms affects teens and young children. If enacted, the bill would require social media platforms to provide minors with options to protect their information, disable \u201caddictive\u201d product features and allow them to opt out of recommendation algorithms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProtecting our kids and teens online is critically important, particularly since COVID increased our reliance on technology,\u201d Blackburn said in a statement. \u201cIn hearings over the last year, Senator Blumenthal and I have heard countless stories of physical and emotional damage affecting young users, and Big Tech\u2019s unwillingness to change. The Kids Online Safety Act will address those harms by setting necessary safety guiderails for online platforms to follow that will require transparency and give parents more peace of mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7340646\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7340646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">US Sen. Richard Blumenthal D-CT asks questions to witnesses as they testify before the Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights in a hearing to examine big data, focusing on implications for competition and consumers on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on September 21, 2021. (Photo by KEN CEDENO\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The bill establishes a \u201cduty of care\u201d for major tech companies requiring them to act in the interests of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/23\/social-media-tiktok-instagram-apple\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">minors<\/a> and proactively moderate content that promotes self-harm, suicide, drug use, eating disorders and sexually explicit content. Platforms would also have to implement the most stringent safety settings for minors as the default option.<\/p>\n<p>If enacted, the legislation would also impose transparency and disclosure requirements on platforms requiring them to disclose details on how a minor\u2019s personal data is in recommendation algorithms. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/27\/facebook-instagram-teen-girls-mark-zuckerberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Facebook Suspends \u2018Instagram Kids\u2019 Following Investigation Into Platform\u2019s Effect On Teens)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Kids Online Safety Act would finally give kids and their parents the tools and safeguards they need to protect against toxic content\u2014and hold Big Tech accountable for deeply dangerous algorithms,\u201d Blumenthal said in a statement. \u201cAlgorithms driven by eyeballs and dollars will no longer hold sway. I will fight for swift passage alongside Senator Blackburn, my partner in this effort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Democratic Connecticut Sen. 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