SCHUMER ANNOUNCES SENATE PASSAGE OF BIPARTISAN BILLS TO CREATE NEW FEDERAL PROTECTIONS FOR CHILDREN’S ONLINE SAFETY AND TO BETTER PROTECT NEW YORK KIDS & TEENS FROM HARMS OF INTERNET & SOCIAL MEDIA

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“I’ve met with families across New York and the country whose children and teens have been subjected to online harassment, bullying, and other harms. KOSA and COPPA will be perhaps the most important updates to federal laws protecting kids on the internet in decades. This means banning targeted advertising to kids, providing parents with tools to protect their kids, enhancing privacy protections and giving families more options for managing and disconnecting from these platforms. I’ve heard from so many parents whose kids, sadly, took their own lives because of what happened to them on social media. To their everlasting credit, these parents, instead of cursing the darkness, lit a candle. They turned their grief into grace, and we worked together to help get this bill over the finish line, so that what happened to their families doesn’t happen to any others. To the parents and families that fought for this change, thank you. And that’s not from me as a Leader, or a Senator, but as a dad and grandpa.”

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