Ahead of Wednesday's hearing, several social media companies announced the following: new initiatives We aim to protect children online.
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Parent company of Facebook and Instagramannounced the framework for the bill earlier this month, requiring app stores to verify the age of users and require parental approval for downloads by teenagers.
Also on Monday, it announced a new partnership with the Center for Open Science to share data with academic researchers studying topics related to well-being.
Platform X, formerly known as Twitter, said Friday it plans to build a new platform.
“A center of excellence for trust and safety” and “hiring more in-house agents” to combat the presence of exploitative content on the platform.
Snap, the developer of Snapchat, is the first major social media company to Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) Late last week.
The bipartisan bill is likely to be introduced as part of a Senate Judiciary hearing discussion on how to regulate social media companies.
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Coalition of Teens, Parents, and Other Advocates They say the time for dialogue is over and Congress must act to protect children and teens, and they plan to appear at a hearing Wednesday to push KOSA forward.
“We hope this is the last hearing to discuss the issue of unregulated social media for children and youth,” said Josh, executive director of Fairplay, a nonprofit focused on children's online safety.・Mr. Gorin said.
“We've had a lot of discussions and I think they've been enlightening and some very important points have been made. But in the end, we're saving children's lives and Building a safer, less addictive internet for kids isn't about senators fooling CEOs, which they do in public hearings, but actually voting on bills, he added. .
