Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that this article on the history of privacy protections for children and teens from Common Sense Media be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From Common Sense Media, July 29, 2024] When It Comes To Protecting Kids' Privacy, Call Us the Energizer Bunny--We Just Won't Quit When It Comes To Protecting Kids' Online Privacy, but We're Almost at the Finish Line (By Ariel Fox Johnson) For 14 years, Common Sense Media has been trying to get Congress to update the one federal law that protects children's privacy online: the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). We have fought to extend COPPA's protections to teenagers, since it only covers kids under age 13 today, and to ban targeted advertising that pushes unwanted products on kids. Congress has been a tough place to pass anything when it comes to kids and tech. Our privacy advocacy began during the rise of the smartphone and mobile technology. And it has continued into a new age of biometrics, virtual reality, and the rise of AI. Children are living in a world of constantly increasing surveillance and data collection, and the stakes could not be higher. We have been working alongside champions like Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), who passed COPPA into law in 1998 and introduced his first effort to update it, called the Do Not Track Kids Act, in 2011.…”