(30 Jul 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Washington, DC – 30 July 2024
1. Sen. Chuck Schumer and other Senate Democrats walk to microphone
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Chuck Schumer, Majority Leader:
"Today, the Senate keeps his promise to every parent who’s lost a child because of the risks of social media. Today, after a lot of hard work, a lot of twists and turns, we’ll pass KOSA (Kids Online Safety Act) and KOPA (Kids Online Protection Act). They will perhaps be – KOSA and KOPA – will be the most important updates to federal laws protecting kids on the internet in decades. And a very good first step. For KOSA, Blumenthal and Blackburn fought to give kids and parents the tools and safeguards and transparency they need to protect our children’s health and well-being. For KOPA, Senators Markey and Cassidy worked to protect the personal information for children and teenagers and banned targeted advertising aimed at them. Now we call on the House to pass these common sense, bipartisan, lifesaving bills. The overwhelming vote we received here on the floor of the Senate should importune to the House to act and act quickly. We hope it will do just that."
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Richard Blumenthal, (D) Connecticut:
"This vote was overwhelmingly bipartisan, as was co-sponsorship of the bill at the end of the process. Three quarters of the Senate, evenly divided, Republican and Democrat, co-sponsored the Kids Online Safety Act. Democracy works if we have bipartisan support."
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Richard Blumenthal, (D) Connecticut:
"We need to pass this measure when kids go back to school and our congressional colleagues come back to Washington. I know that House leadership is very interested, and many in the House have expressed strong support for this bill. I’m hopeful that we’ll have the same kind of overwhelming bipartisan support in the House as we did in the Senate. But overall, it is a historic, monumental day."
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Ed Markey, (D) Massachusetts:
"We have a crisis in America. There is no bill more important than this bill for our country right now. According to the CDC, the Centers for Disease Control, two years ago, 1 in 3 teenage girls contemplated suicide. 1 in 10 teenage girls in the United States attempted suicide two years ago. 1 in 5 LGBTQ youth attempted suicide two years ago in our country. The CDC points the finger at social media as a big contributor to the mental health crisis in teenagers and children in our country. The Surgeon General has now issued a Surgeon General’s report, pointing the finger at social media as a big part of this crisis in America amongst young people. Parents know it. The teenagers themselves know it."
6. Schumer and other senators walking away from microphone
STORYLINE:
The Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation Tuesday that is designed to protect children from dangerous online content, pushing forward with what would be the first major effort by Congress in decades to hold tech companies more accountable for the harm that they cause.
The bill, which passed 91-3, has been pushed by parents of children who died by suicide after online bullying or have otherwise been harmed by online content. It would force companies to take reasonable steps to prevent harm on online platforms frequently used by minors, requiring them to exercise “duty of care” and ensure that they generally default to the safest settings possible.
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