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Brian Schatz: “There is no real use case for a nine-year-old to be on…”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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'We Need To Clarify': Brian Schatz Asks Lawyer About Reform To Section 230

Published | Video Starts at 06:09

I agree with almost everything you said, but Senator Cruz and I have a bill on a bipartisan basis to the Kids Off Social Media Act. And the basic idea behind that, besides the obvious that there's There is no real use case for a nine-year-old to be on Instagram or TikTok or Snap. or whatever it may be, is also that this idea of empowering the user to kind of turn the dials in the settings is a fantasy. (06:09–06:30)

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Asserts that there is no valid reason for young children to use certain social media platforms.

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