Kids’ Social Media Safety Bill Must Advance, US Senators Told

A coalition of advocates for children’s mental and physical health is urging Senate Commerce Committee leadership to move forward on bipartisan legislation to make social media platforms liable for harms to minors.

The committee should vote this month on the Kids Online Safety Act, more than 100 groups led by the American Psychological Association, the Eating Disorders Coalition, Fairplay, and Mental Health America said in a Tuesday letter to its Democratic Chair Sen. Maria Cantwell (Wash.) and highest-ranking Republican member Sen. Roger Wicker (Miss.).

“The enormity of the youth mental health crisis needs to be addressed as the very real ...