The first significant overhaul of social media regulations and privacy requirements in decades made it through the Senate on an overwhelming bipartisan vote.
From left; Discord CEO Jason Citron, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, X CEO Linda Yaccarino and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, are sworn in during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, to discuss child safety.
Privacy protections would also be strengthened for underage users and ban targeted advertising to them. Minors and their parents could also delete personal information under the legislation. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said he was “committed to working to find consensus in the House,” but did not commit to putting the Senate bill up for a vote. President Joe Biden urged the House to quickly send the bill to his desk and said he would immediately sign it.
While the package has lopsided support on Capitol Hill and among advocacy groups, it faces a stiff lobbying effort against it by technology companies and skepticism from free speech advocates. It would also be subject to legal challenges from tech and free speech groups. The American Civil Liberties Union compared the bill to book bans and said it threatened user privacy.
Social media companies frequently point out the billions of dollars in investments they have made in content moderation, algorithms to identify troubling content and parental or user settings meant to improve privacy and safety, though persistent
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