Two bills aimed at making minors safer online through data privacy updates and rules restricting potentially harmful features have been proposed as additional amendments to the law. FAA reauthorization It must be passed before the May 10 deadline.
sense. ed markey (Massachusetts Democratic Party) and bill cassidy (R-Louisiana) on Thursday introduced COPPA 2.0, a bill that would update the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, as an amendment to the FAA bill.
“Today, Senator Cassidy and I introduced COPPA 2.0 as an amendment to the FAA bill because we have waited too long to protect the privacy of our nation’s children and teens,” Markey said in a statement. It’s because of this.”
“We need to stop Big Tech’s invasive and harmful business model of tracking and targeting young people online. “The time has come to do something about it,” he added.
The bill aims to strengthen children’s data privacy online by adding regulations on how data from users under 16 is collected and used by tech companies. . Targeted advertising to minors will also be banned.
Another bill, the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), was proposed by senators as an amendment to the FAA. Richard Blumenthal (D-connection) and marsha blackburn (R-Tenn.) A spokesperson for Blackburn confirmed Wednesday.
A spokesperson said both senators are pursuing “all possible avenues for legislation,” including attaching KOSA to future FAA reauthorizations.
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