Samantha Dietel, Iowa Capital Dispatch U.S. senators at a Tuesday hearing pushed for bipartisan legislation to protect children online. The U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law heard testimony from whistleblower Arturo Bejar, who served as Facebook’s director of engineering for protect and care from 2009 to …
Read More »Lack Of Action By Congress To Protect Kids Online Criticized At U.S. Senate Hearing
Jennifer Shutt, Arkansas Advocate U.S. senators on Tuesday voiced frustration and outrage that Congress has been unable to pass legislation bolstering protection for children online, including adding guardrails to social media platforms. During a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee, Democrats and Republicans pledged to keep working together to pass …
Read More »Senators Blumenthal And Blackburn Introduce Kids’ Online Safety Act
U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security, introduced the Kids Online Safety Act on Wednesday. The bill is comprehensive bipartisan legislation to enhance children’s safety online. The bill’s introduction follows …
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