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A flood of lawsuits against social media giants claim that by engineering their platforms to be hard to resist, the companies are causing serious harm to young users. Here's what to know bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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AGs urge Congress to reject kids safety bill A bipartisan group of state prosecutors are urging Congress to reject a House bill aimed at protecting children online, claiming the measure would shield big tech companies from accountability and undercut state efforts to safeguard minors. The Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act, or KIDS Act, would require pornographic websites to verify users’ ages, mandate parental controls on social media platforms for users under 17, prohibit ‘disappearing’ messages for young users and set new limits on artificial intelligence, among other provisions. Lawmakers pushing for the measure, which include members of the state’s congressional delegation, say the restrictions are needed to protect children and teens online and give parents more control at a time of heightened concerns about the negative effects of social media on young people. But the bipartisan coalition of 44 attorneys general, including Democrat Andrea Campbell, argues that a version of the legislation being considered by the U.S. House of Representatives would do more harm than good by preempting existing state laws that protect minors from online harm. “While the KIDS Act claims to protect children and teens online, empower parents and strengthen families, the bill would instead insulate Big Tech from appropriate oversight and accountability and imperil the young people it purports to protect,” they wrote. The AGs said they “recognize the serious and growing risk that many online digital platforms pose to minors” pointing to lawsuits filed against big tech companies and legislation approved by states “addressing the same harms the KIDS Act misleadingly purports to mitigate.” But they said the House version of the bill would undermine those efforts by giving the federal government broad powers to preempt existing state laws and intervene in state-level enforcement cases. “Such sweeping federal preemption is independently alarming, but the bill’s inadequate approach to these issues compounds our concern,” they wrote. Read more: archive.ph/3qBCW