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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/1/22957505/biden-children-kids-privacy-tech-facebook-instagram-frances-haugen-sotu
Biden demands Congress protect kids online in State of the Union address
President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass new rules to enhance child safety on social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram in his first State of the Union address on Tuesday. It’s the first time Biden has called for these rules, and the White House plans to make specific funding requests to study and improve children’s online safety.
Specifically, Biden requested that Congress institute stronger children’s privacy rules, ban targeted advertising to children, and pressure social media companies to design their products from the ground up with child safety in mind. In a fact sheet provided by the White House earlier on Tuesday, the administration is also expected to target social media algorithms that discriminatorily target...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/1/22957505/biden-children-kids-privacy-tech-facebook-instagram-frances-haugen-sotu
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