Hundreds of parents demand Schumer take action on child social media safety bill: 'Paid the ultimate price'
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Hundreds of families are urging Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to bring the Kids Online Safety Act to a vote after last week's Big Tech hearing.
It comes more than a week after the CEOs of Discord, Snap, TikTok, X and Meta testified before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to discuss online child safety. Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
"Our children have died from social media harms," the families wrote. "Platforms have done everything and anything to maximize young people’s engagement – including designing products that invite our kids down dangerous and deadly rabbit holes of pro-suicide and eating disorder content; enticing them to attempt dangerous challenges; facilitating sextortion schemes; and implementing design features that leave children more vulnerable to predation, drug dealers, and cyberbullying."
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