Biden calls for protection of children in cyberspace – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news

This is the first time Biden has called for such laws, and the White House has decided to apply for funding to study and promote child safety online.

Biden in particular called on Congress to impose stricter privacy laws on children on social media and ban targeted advertising for them, and to press social media to develop their products from the ground up for child safety. Give.

In fact, before the Biden speech, the White House released a report showing that the US government was targeting social networking algorithms that discriminated against children, especially minorities.

“Now is the time to strengthen privacy capabilities and limit targeted advertising for children,” Biden said in a statement. Technology companies will be required to stop collecting children’s private information.

The US president announced in the 2023 budget that he had requested $ 5 million for research into social media damage to users’ mental health, as well as what the government could do to address the damage.

In addition, the Ministry of Health and Human Services will launch a “National Center for Excellence in Social Media and Mental Illness” next year.

The request comes as Facebook whistleblower Francis Hogan testified before several congressional committees a few months ago, accusing Meta (Facebook’s parent company of Instagram) of ignoring the safety of young users.

Hogan also attended the ceremony as a guest of the US President’s wife.