Senator Markey proposes bill to protect children from internet danger

Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) announced that he is proposing new legislation to protect children from the dangers of the internet. The bill, called the Kids Internet Design and Safety (KIDS) Act, lays out six areas for new regulation:

1. Ending “manipulative and damaging design features” that push children to spend more time with screens, such as autoplay video
2. Implementing rules that dictate how and what ads kids see online
3. Creating rules that make sure algorithms do not surface extreme content to children
4. Requiring companies give parents guidance on “kid-healthy content”
5. Establishing incentives for “positive content creation”
6. Creating a transparency requirement for tech companies around automated systems, enforced by the Federal Trade Commission