Bipartisan senators predict parents will overcome tech lobby to protect kids online
Four senators — all parents of young kids or teens — are pushing new legislation to set the minimum age to use social media platforms at 13, and require parental consent for teens signing up.
The mental-health crisis facing America's teenagers is motivating an unusual group of Senators — two progressive Democrats and a pair of conservative Republicans — to join forces.
The Democrats — Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii and Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut — and the Republicans — Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama — are all parents of young kids or teenagers. They unveiled legislation recently that limits access to social media platforms and restricts the kind of content pushed out to kids.
Britt, a freshman who has two teens, said she's alarmed how viral moments on social media can have negative impacts.
"As I talk to other moms who
