Mark Kirk: “I will just say, also, this legislation responds to a rapidly growing…”

On the recordJuly 26, 2006

I will just say, also, this legislation responds to a rapidly growing phenomenon in America. Over 25 million American children have their personal data on these sites. These sites are now the number one sites on the Internet, and we are applying a tried and true principle of our jurisprudence, now 800 years old, that when you make money off of children, as these sites do, we have always recognized a higher duty of care in the protection of children, and that is the principle that this legislation stands for.

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