Senate Panel to Approve Youth Safety Bill Targeting Meta, Snap

A landmark measure that would require the tech industry to make their platforms safer for children will be approved by the Senate Commerce Committee, Chair Ted Cruz announced at a rally Tuesday.

“We are going to pass it out of the Commerce Committee. We are going to pass it in the Senate,” the Texas Republican said of the Kids Online Safety Act (S.1748) to a group of advocates for the bill, namely parents, gathered on the lawn of the US Capitol. “And we are going to work hand in hand with the House to get it passed through ...