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Congress Should Protect Children Online Without Sacrificing Privacy and Free Expression
- Occurred
- Aug 4, 2026
- Published
- Aug 4, 2026
- Source
- Center for Democracy and Technology
Summary
Ahead of the Senate Commerce Committee’s August 5 markup on children’s online safety, CDT is urging lawmakers to pursue protections that address the underlying incentives and data practices that place young people at risk—without imposing broad censorship mandates or forcing people to surrender their privacy to access online services. Comprehensive consumer privacy legislation remains the […] The post Congress Should Protect Children Online Without Sacrificing Privacy and Free Expression appeared first on Center for Democracy and Technology.
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 95%
Rationale: Policy discussion about online safety and privacy legislation without concrete incident.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8