The Senate Commerce Committee advanced legislation on Wednesday to crack down on Big Tech companies’ interaction with kids and provide parents with tools to make decisions about their children’s digital use.
The committee unanimously advanced the Kids Online Safety Act, a bipartisan proposal from Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Marsha Blackburn who say it gives parents options to protect against Big Tech abuses that arise from black box algorithms driving content to children.
The Connecticut Democrat and Tennessee Republican led hearings probing the inner workings of major tech platforms featuring testimony from executives at Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok.