Bills that would seek to provide greater online protections for kids moved forward on both sides of Capitol Hill on Thursday, though a House measure was pulled back from a committee vote in a bid for bipartisan support.
The Senate passed a bipartisan bill by unanimous consent that would amend current law to enhance protections for minors regarding the collection and use of their data by online platforms and extend such protections to children and teens under the age of 17.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee was set to mark up a Republican children’s data privacy bill, but the chair deferred action at the markup after he said that talks would continue between the parties.
