The legislation requires users to be 13 to be able to create accounts on social media platforms. He cited statistics showing that more than half of teen girls feel persistent despair, and the spike in mental-health challenges is growing across the board. Schatz said it was surprisingly easy for the four to agree on a bill once they zeroed in on how severe the problem is. The lawmakers don't agree on much, but they said it was easy to team up on a bill that would help shield kids from harmful content on platforms like Instagram and TikTok. "As I talk to other moms who are trying to deal with this, it tells you the troubling uncertainty that social media brings into children's lives," she said, adding: "Parents wanted tools to be able to talk to their children - and to keep their children safe." They unveiled legislation recently that limits access to social media platforms and restricts the kind of content pushed out to kids.īritt, a freshman who has two teens, said she's alarmed how viral moments on social media can have negative impacts. Katie Britt of Alabama - are all parents of young kids or teenagers. Chris Murphy of Connecticut - and the Republicans - Sen. The mental-health crisis facing America's teenagers is motivating an unusual group of senators - two progressive Democrats and a pair of conservative Republicans - to join forces. are pushing a new bipartisan bill focused on online safety for kids.
Katie Britt, R- Ala., Sen, Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Sen, Chris Murphy, D-Conn.
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