Teen Data Safeguards Floated in Kids’ Privacy Law Proposal (1)

Online platforms like Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube would need to obtain teenagers’ permission before collecting their personal information, under a bipartisan bill that’s the latest bid to modernize a decades-old law for the social media age.

The Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act—set to be reintroduced Wednesday by Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.)—would extend a 1998 law that protects kids’ personal information online to cover teens who are 13 to 16 years old. It would prohibit apps and websites from sending personalized advertisements to kids and teens.

The proposal’s return follows the revival of a related ...