New legislation aims to prevent the spread of harmful content targeted at kids.
. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the EARN IT Act on Thursday, teeing up for a final vote on the floor. Committee members passed the bill by a unanimous voice vote, despite several Democratic members raising questions over whether it would threaten widespread encryption adoption.
Sen. Jon Ossoff echoed similar sentiments. “It is important that we not unintentionally in the construction of this legislation cause there to be significant damage to the basic architecture of cybersecurity, which does rely upon encryption technology,” he said., President Joe Biden has called on Congress to enact stronger online privacy protections for children. Specifically, he’s demanded new rules banning tech companies from collecting kids’ data and subjecting them to targeted advertising.
Unlike Congress, regulators like the Federal Trade Commission can oftentimes take swift action to solve outstanding privacy issues. On Wednesday,that would ban Meta platforms, including Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus, from monetizing the data they collect from users under the age of 18. It would also bar the company from releasing new products, services, or updates to existing ones without the approval of an independent privacy assessor.
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