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Google Pixel Fold review, Microsoft vs FTC, and Congress’ child safety bills

The Vergecast

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The Debate on Child Privacy Online

The states have already put out so much legislation that has become law, basically child proofing the internet in many, many ways. Congress is looking at that and being like, oh crap, we need to do something now. Josh Hawley introduces a bill to allow you to sue for things. That man loves to sue. And the wild thing is, yeah, when I look at this, like this is the one thing tech wise that I can imagine Congress doing this year. It sounds like a very admirable thing to protect children online. But when you do these things, and like we've seen with state laws, they have a real impact on civil rights for not just children, right?

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