Senate passes legislation for children's online safety

The Senate has voted to pass a pair of bills aimed at children's online safety with broad bipartisan support. NBC News' Julie Tsirkin has details on the legislation and what comes next in the House of Representatives.

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[tempowars]

Just to be clear. This will help no kids but will increase them spying on you

[Rumbanana]

A lot of people agreeing with this without realizing the real reason for it is to gather identification from all online users.

[cookieanddabutt]

Great. Parents not doing there job. Loss of privacy and security for EVERYONE ELSE! Thanks so much!

[BugzBbugin]

Shouldn't the parents be held responsible for what their kids watch, considering they're the ones who provide them with the electronics in the first place? Or maybe just have it 18 & over. And
If your kid has a profile, then the parent gets in trouble For allowing their kids Access to an over 18 sight.

[thenotoriousgryyn]

This is the parent’s job, not the media companies

[bobbybooshay]

I'd like a definition of what they mean by "harmful content". Because I have a suspicion it might just mean acknowledging demographics people don't like.

[zzmnbtb]

Isn't protecting kids and old people the excuse canada gave to stsrt jailing people for online words?

[CWCvilleCop]

Well thanks for not even saying what the legislation is or what changes it makes. This whole video is just this lady's opinion (or the teleprompter's opinion) on "online safety" and "oh wow how much we needed this oh golly think of the kids wowee" and doesn't even tell us what's in the bill.

What a waste of time. You need to fire your writers and give us anchors that actually want to report the news to us. You consider yourself a serious enterprise and you wouldn't even make it to monetization on YouTube with this trash content if you weren't already subsidized by the government. This is actually pathetic.

[JustnVids]

The parents suppose to be protecting their OWN children from the internet… 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️😒

[chris]

watch the result accomplish the opposite

[theduckwithmoney]

If they really wanted to solve this issue they would just let parents know that there are apps that add restrictions to their children’s devices and the websites they can visit. But no the rest of us have to now live with the government interfering even more with our privacy.

[geeknoid]

if any of these people were serious about children's online safety they put protocols that disable accounts after a certain period of time so they would not be online with these platforms.

[geeknoid]

maybe we should start filing charges against parents and teachers who allow and encourage children to be online so much.

[twistpv]

Kids don’t have rights
They have guardians

[aaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Keeping kids safe makes a good headline for the bill, but what it actually does is allow the executive branch to specify topics which you need to provide ID to read online. It's not like anything nefarious could happen after collecting the IDs of, say, all users reading about LGBT-related information right? Or all users researching firearm maintenance? Or abortion info?

[jwf]

Text if the bill says it’s enforceable “by the states”. So it seems any state AG who wants to shut down discussion can sue, claiming the content will make kids “anxious” or “depressed”. That goes for the left or the right.

[one-stopgodshop]

Well, it's about time somebody tried. Take all social media and cellphones away, that will calm brains down. Then re-introduce tech and incorporate it the right way.

[DOboyle]

Just keep it in the library at school.

[shoelessb]

B.S. and more B.S.
Politicians really don't have a clue.

[WeTheLittlePeople]

the Kids Online Safety Council, under the current framework, could become a tool for political manipulation and ideological control, compromising its mission to genuinely protect children online.