With rare bipartisan unity, lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee used a hearing to blame social media companies for blocking attempts by Congress to regulate their platforms.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin takes part in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on President Joe Biden's judicial nominees on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 25, 2023.Democrats and Republicans joined together on Tuesday in a renewed push to pass federal legislation aimed at safeguarding young people using the internet, as a mother testified her son was driven to suicide by bullying on social media.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin takes part in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on President Joe Biden's judicial nominees on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 25, 2023.MORE: Justice Department files antitrust lawsuit against Google over digital advertising "And it's time to pass bipartisan legislation to stop Big Tech from collecting personal data on kids and teenagers online, ban targeted advertising to children, and impose stricter limits on the personal data these companies collect on all of us," Biden said last week.
One witness, Kristin Bride of Portland, Oregon, detailed how she became an activist after losing her teenage son, Carson, to suicide in 2020 after she said he was the target of floods of anonymous cyberbullying messages on Snapchat. Bride has made multiple trips to Washington to testify in hopes of moving the needle on tech regulation for children, specifically the Kids' Online Safety Act, being pushed by Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee.
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