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Senators unveil bipartisan legislation to ban kids under 13 from joining social media platforms

Headline from WSVN Miami, on the newest of 2 developments

(CNN) — A new federal bill unveiled Wednesday would establish a national minimum age for social media use and require tech companies to get parents’...

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  1. Senators look to ban kids under 13 from social media in bipartisan bill

    Headline from Fox10 Phoenix ·

  2. Newest

    Senators unveil bipartisan legislation to ban kids under 13 from joining social media platforms

    Headline from WSVN Miami ·

Reports & sources

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  1. Townhall

  2. FOX Business

    Senators look to ban kids under 13 from social media in bipartisan bill (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    A bipartisan group of U.S. senators will soon introduce legislation that would set a minimum legal age for children to use social media and regulate how algorithms can target kids.

  3. RedState

    Government Intervention in Social Media for Minors: Is Banning the Best Approach? (opens RedState)

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    RedState's feed description

    What role does the government have in determining how kids use social media?

  4. WSVN Miami

    Senators unveil bipartisan legislation to ban kids under 13 from joining social media platforms (opens WSVN Miami)

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    WSVN Miami's feed description

    (CNN) — A new federal bill unveiled Wednesday would establish a national minimum age for social media use and require tech companies to get parents’...

  5. NBC News

    Children under 13 would be banned from social media under bipartisan Senate bill (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The newly unveiled legislation would also require parental consent for 13- to 17-year-olds to use social media apps.

  6. UPI

    Bipartisan Senate bill would ban social media accounts for kids younger than 13 (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    A U.S. Senate bipartisan bill would ban kids younger than 13 from social media, and it would require parental consent for 13- to 17-year-olds to have social media accounts.

  7. ABC 12 Flint

    Senators unveil legislation to ban kids under 13 from joining social media (opens ABC 12 Flint)

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    ABC 12 Flint's feed description

    A new federal bill unveiled Wednesday would establish a national minimum age for social media use and require tech companies to get parents' consent before creating accounts for teens, reflecting

  8. Engadget

    Bipartisan Senate bill would require parental consent for teens to use social media (opens Engadget)

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    Engadget's feed description

    If the Protecting Kids on Social Media Act becomes law, platforms would be banned from using algorithms to recommend content to under 18s..

  9. ABC 11 Raleigh

    New U.S. Senate bill bans social media accounts for children under 13 (opens ABC 11 Raleigh)

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    ABC 11 Raleigh's feed description

    U.S. Senators from both sides of the aisle introduced the Protecting Kids on Social Media Act. The goal is to lessen the harmful impacts of social media on children.

  10. Washington Times

    Senators start push to ban kids from using social media: ‘None of this is out of Congress’s control’ (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    Four senators want to ban children from using social media and have authored legislation to prevent kids under age 13 from accessing the tech platforms out of concerns about digital danger.

  11. Hot Air

    Can we actually ban pre-teens from social media? (opens Hot Air)

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    Hot Air's feed description

    Four bipartisan senators, two Republicans and two Democrats, introduced a bill to prohibit kids under the age of 13 from using social media. If passed, the Protecting Kids on Social Media Act would al...

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