Senate to consider biggest tech regulation in decades to protect children online

Published July 23, 2024 12:47pm ET



Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is set to bring bipartisan bills to the Senate floor this week that aim to protect children online, with the goal of passing the legislation before lawmakers leave for the August recess.  

If passed, the bills would be the first to update children’s privacy protections online since the 1990s. The legislation had been stalled previously, even after it received the support of more than 60 backers.

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