The lead Senate Democrat and Republican on a major youth online safety bill are criticizing a new bipartisan deal reached by House lawmakers on their version of the legislation, complicating passage through Congress.
Under the Senate measure, the Kids Online Safety Act (S.1748) would require social media platforms — including TikTok Inc., Snap Inc., and Meta Platforms Inc.‘s Instagram — to exercise reasonable care to prevent harms, such as content that promotes eating disorders, substance abuse, and violence, to their young users. The revised House version, announced Monday by Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie ...
