Bipartisan senators predict parents will overcome tech lobby to protect kids online
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Four senators — all parents of young kids or teens — are pushing new legislation to set the minimum age to use social media platforms at 13, and require parental consent for teens signing up.
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Fed-up parents in Senate push for ban of social media for kids
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Bipartisan senators predict parents will overcome tech lobby to protect kids online
Legislation introduced by four senators aims to prohibit all children under the age of 13 from using social media and would give parents more control over what teenagers under the age of 18 can access.
A group of senators is considering legislation banning social media for children under 13 years old amid growing concerns from parents about the negative impact of social media on children's mental health and well-being.
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., aims to restrict kids under thirteen from using social media entirely.
Legislation introduced by four senators aims to prohibit all children under the age of 13 from using social media and would give parents more control over what teenagers under the age of 18 can access.
It’s rare these days to see any sort of bipartisan agreement in the United States Congress, but a new proposal from two Republicans and two Democrats in the Senate seems to be the exception to t...
Four senators — all parents of young kids or teens — are pushing new legislation to set the minimum age to use social media platforms at 13, and require parental consent for teens signing up.
An unusual bipartisan Senate group, all parents of young kids or teens, want new limits on social media platforms for kids. They say dangerous content fed to young users is hurting mental health.
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