The Senate on Tuesday voted 91-3 to pass a package consisting of two kids online safety bills over the objections of the tech industry, privacy advocates and digital rights groups, who are hoping to block the measure when the House returns in September.
The bills, meant to mitigate social media practices aimed at keeping children online and promoting addictive behavior, are the first seeking to curb social media platforms to pass in either chamber in more than two decades.
Congress last enacted major legislation to address the collection of personal information on children by online platforms in 1998. Efforts to enact a federal data privacy law have stalled in Congress.
