WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is expected to pass legislation Tuesday that is designed to protect children from dangerous online content, pushing forward
FILE — Isabella Cimato, 17, from left, Arianna Schaden, 14, and Sofia Harrison, 15, check their phones at Roosevelt Field shopping mall in Garden City, N.Y., on July 27, 2015. The last time Congress passed a law to protect children on the internet was in 1998, before Facebook, the iPhone and long before today's oldest teenagers were born.
The House has not yet acted on the bill, but Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has said he will look at the bill and try to find consensus. Supporters are hoping that a strong vote in the Senate — a test vote last week moved the bill forward on an 86-1 vote — would push the House to act. In addition to First Amendment concerns, some critics have said the legislation could harm vulnerable kids who wouldn’t be able to access information on LGBTQ+ issues or reproductive rights — although the bill has been revised to address many of those concerns, and major LGBTQ+ groups have decided to support the proposed legislation.
In a statement last week, Snap praised the bill and said in a statement that “the safety and well-being of young people on Snapchat is a top priority.” Maurine Molak, the mother of a 16-year-old who died by suicide after “months of relentless and threatening cyberbullying,” said she believes the bill can save lives. She urged every senator to vote for it.
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