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"Reasonable to ship safer defaults for minor accounts. It does not restrict speech — it restricts *targeting*. That is the right division."
HR 2901 Federal Passed one chamber
Children Online Safety Standards Act
Requires platforms with significant minor users to implement age-appropriate design defaults, restrict targeted advertising to under-17 users, and disclose recommendation-system risk audits to the FTC.
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"Age-verification requirements get folded in via the FTC rules as written. That's a privacy nightmare for everyone, not just minors. The implementing rules will do more damage than the statute itself."
"My 12-year-old got recommendation-rabbit-holed into pro-eating-disorder content last fall. The audit teeth are the only thing platforms respond to. Voluntary 'safety standards' have failed for a decade. This is overdue."