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Title: Senate passed child protection bills, but ‘not a priority for the House’ [U] Post by: HCK on August 11, 2024, 04:05:11 pm Senate passed child protection bills, but ‘not a priority for the House’
<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/07/Senate-passed-child-protection-bills.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p>The Senate has passed two major child protection bills that could have a dramatic impact on how <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/social-media/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">social media apps[/url] operate. Update: Congress went into recess before the KOSA Act could reach a vote in the House, and a <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/kids-online-safety-act-kosa-stalled-in-house/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Wired[/url] report suggests the House Republican leadership may not prioritize it when lawmakers return. </p> <p>If the bills make it through the House to become law, then social media <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/apps/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">apps[/url] would have to make it possible for users to disable algorithmic feeds – with other changes also required …</p> <a data-layer-pagetype="post" data-layer-postcategory="apps,beyond-cupertino,social-media" data-layer-viewtype="unknown" data-post-id="960764" href="https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/06/senate-passed-child-protection-bills/#more-960764" class="more-link">more…[/url] Source: Senate passed child protection bills, but ‘not a priority for the House’ (https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/06/senate-passed-child-protection-bills/) |