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Ed Markey: I was the author of the Child Online Privacy Act, but that was in the BF era, the 'Before Facebook' era.

On the recordSeptember 17, 2013
I was the author of the Child Online Privacy Act, but that was in the BF era, the 'Before Facebook' era.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey reflects on the need to update privacy laws since the rise of social media.

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