Bill Expanding Kids Online Privacy Measures Passed by Senate

The Senate on Thursday unanimously passed bipartisan legislation that aims to strengthen privacy settings for teenagers online, reviving momentum on the stalled effort as tech companies face criticism over risks to young people on their platforms.

The Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (S.836), or COPPA 2.0, would ban online platforms from collecting personal information from teenagers aged 13 to 16 without their consent. It would also provide parents and children with new safety and privacy tools and require websites to create an “eraser button” for parents to delete their kids’ personal data.

The measure seeks to ...