News · Electronic Frontier Foundation EN LLM context A cited markdown file you can paste into your AI assistant (ChatGPT, Claude, a RAG or project knowledge base) to ground it in this document. Contains: this document’s text, its sections with their topics, and the full text of every law provision it applies. Everything links back to its source on overview.legal — legal information, not advice.

Congress Wants To Hand Your Parenting to Big Tech

Minors Social Media Education Healthcare Law Enforcement Standardisation Bodies and Procedures for AI AI and Machine Learning
Jan 16, 2026 Source

How it connects

Related across sources

Enforcement Municipality of Buccino: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) Guidance Guidelines 9/2022 on personal data breach notification under GDPR EDPB Literature Collective Damages for GDPR Breaches: A Feasible solution for the GDPR Enforcement Deficit? European Data Protection Law Review Literature GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation on Sites Requiring Accessibility Innovative STEM Education Literature GDPR Implementation Series ∙ Malta: An Overview of the GDPR Implementation European Data Protection Law Review Literature GDPR Implementation Series ∙ Hungary: Introduction to the GDPR Application and a Brief History of Data Protection European Data Protection Law Review

Full text

Lawmakers in Washington are once again focusing on kids, screens, and mental health. But according to Congress, Big Tech is somehow both the problem and the solution. The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing today on “examining the effect of technology on America’s youth.” Witnesses warned about “addictive” online content, mental health, and kids spending too much time buried in screen. At the center of the debate is a bill from Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) called the Kids Off Social Media Act (KOSMA), which they say will protect children and “empower parents.” That’s a reasonable goal, especially at a time when many parents feel overwhelmed and nervous about how much time their kids spend on screens. But while the bill’s press release contains soothing language, KOSMA doesn’t actually give parents more control. Instead of respecting how most parents guide their kids towards healthy and educational content, KOSMA hands the control panel to Big Tech. That’s right—th

Original document at the source www.eff.org

Similar Content