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Late last week, two House Democrats introduced a bill that would require social media platforms to share and implement content moderation policies and would revise Section 230 by allowing the Federal Trade Commission to bring enforcement actions against tech companies that fail to adhere to those policies, MediaPost reports. The bill, called the Online Consumer Protection Act, is being co-sponsored by Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Illinois) and Kathy Castor (D-Florida). It would also empower consumers to bring their own private lawsuits. As a refresher, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is what shields web companies from legal liability for content created by third parties, including advertisers. The Schakowsky-Castor bill is only one of several recent proposals to call for revisions to Section 230. One thing Democrat and Republican lawmakers can agree on is that Section 230 needs a facelift – albeit it for very different reasons. Republicans argue that social pl
Forty US Attorneys General urge Facebook to not build Instagram for kids
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A bipartisan group of attorneys general from forty US states wrote to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg asking Facebook to abandon plans to develop a version of Instagram for children under the age of 13. “Use of social media can be detrimental to the health and well-being of children, who are not equipped to navigate the challenges of having a social media account,” the letter argued. Furthermore, Facebook doesn’t have a great track record when it comes to protecting the welfare of children, the letter added. Facebook’s plans to build Instagram for the under-13 age group was reported by BuzzFeed News in March.
Instagram for kids: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg urged by Massachusetts AG Maura Healey, 43 other attorneys general to kill launch of platform for children
Updated May 11, 2021;
Posted May 11, 2021
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An idea for an Instagram platform dedicated for children isn’t getting any love from the majority of the country’s lead state prosecutors.
Citing concerns about the wellbeing of children and looking at the harm social media poses to young people, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and 43 other attorneys general across the U.S. sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday in which they urged him to abandon his company’s plan to launch the version of Instagram for children under the age of 13.
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The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) is urging Facebook to scrap plans for a version of Instagram aimed at kids under the age of 13.
In a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, 44 attorneys general cited concerns about the safety and well-being of children and the harm social media poses to young people. Use of social media can be detrimental to the health and well-being of children, who are not equipped to navigate the challenges of having a social media account. Further, Facebook has historically failed to protect the welfare of children on its platforms, the May 10 document said, pointing to a 2019 technical error that allowed individuals who weren t parent-approved to enter a group chat with children.