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Reps. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., and Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Penn., have introduced new legislation targeting TikTok and other social media apps the legislators say present dangers to young users.
The legislators explained the Combating Harmful Acts on Social Media Act (CHATS) Act would modify the FBI’s uniform crime reporting program to include information about which offenses were tied to which social media platforms.
The bill, which is backed by the National Fraternal Order of Police support, has three goals, Gottheimer said: to protect children from the data-sharing dangers of TikTok; to put pressure on TikTok — owned by Chinese parent company ByteDance — for tracking user data, including childrens’ personal information; and to hold other social media platforms such as Snapchat and Instagram accountable for their ties to criminal activity, such as drug deals.
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“It really is the Wild West, and our children are the natives of the social media landscape,” said Dr. Laura Berman, who lost her son, Sammy, to fentanyl poisoning in 2021 after he unknowingly purchased drugs laced with fentanyl on Snapchat.
Reps. Gottheimer and Fitzpatrick introduced a bill that would modify the FBI’s uniform crime reporting program to include information about which offenses were tied to which social media platform(s).
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Fitzgerald described the bill as an “all-hands-on-deck” approach to combating privacy and security issues that social media platforms present to both child and adult users. The Pennsylvania and New Jersey representatives also set a…
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