Biden to Push for Banning Some Social Media Ads for Kids

President Joe Biden will call on Congress to pass a law reining in social media companies’ impact on children, in a bid to curb what the administration says is a growing mental health crisis in America.

• Biden’s State of the Union speech will call on social media giants to strengthen privacy protections, ban targeted advertising to children, and stop collecting personal data from children, officials say
• There’s mounting evidence that social media are hurting children’s mental health
• Biden believes there’s bipartisan support for the measures
• Officials familiar with the speech speak on condition of anonymity ahead of remarks
• NOTE: Social ...