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Calling Big Tech’s profit-maximizing business model “fundamentally at odds with children’s well-being,” a broad coalition of 60 leading advocacy groups urged Congress on Tuesday to enact stronger online protections for young people.

Kenny Stancil's avatarCalling Big Tech’s profit-maximizing business model “fundamentally at odds with children’s well-being,” a broad coalition of 60 leading advocacy groups working in public health, privacy and education urged Congress on Tuesday to enact stronger online protections for young people.

In a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), the coalition endorsed President Joe Biden’s recent assertion that “we must hold social media platforms accountable for the national experiment they’re conducting on our children for profit” and implored lawmakers to safeguard kids’ health and safety by passing legislation to improve online privacy and put an end to targeted advertising and discriminatory algorithms aimed at minors. …

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