Edward Markey: “It says that you can't target a teenager or a child with…”

“It's a Child Online Privacy Protection act up to the age of 16. And it says, companies, if the parents want this, you've Got to delete any information you've gathered about the child. It says that you can't target a teenager or a child with ads. Let's pass that law on the Senate floor, not just for TikTok, but for the American companies as well, which invented this targeting of children that's invented here, the targeting of children, exploiting of teenagers, causing this mental health crisis in our nation.” (45:53–45:58)

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