For more than two years, lawmakers have been promising to pass legislation to require tech companies to safeguard kids from harassment, sexual abuse and other harms they face on social media platforms. Now, a key member of Congress says she sees a path to doing so.
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, whose jurisdiction includes online safety issues, said the Senate is on track to pass a package of child online safety measures this year and will attempt to pass federal data privacy legislation early next year.
“We would like to get some kids privacy bills done, out the door this year, and then turn to the larger privacy bill,” Cantwell said in an interview.
