control use it as an element of social control and influence peddling and worse control and influence peddling and worse. and as i detailed in this committee last year, when he passed the online committee last year, when he passed the online privacy law, the harms to children the online privacy law, the harms to children are the online privacy law, the harms to children are very serious. and demand children are very serious. and demand swift action. big tech platforms profit immensely from keeping platforms profit immensely from keeping children addicted. they do not care keeping children addicted. they do not care about the privacy, safety and health not care about the privacy, safety and health of our kids. they are the modern and health of our kids. they are the modern day and health of our kids. they are the modern day tobacco and cigarette companies. for so long, these companies companies. for so long, these companies resisted and misled congress companies re
want privacy act and the kids act and i want to privacy act and the kids act and i want to thank all of the researchers, the young people, the parents. researchers, the young people, the parents, the surgeon general of the united parents, the surgeon general of the united states, who have explained the correlation between social media usage the correlation between social media usage and the correlation between social media usage and body dissatisfaction, disordered eating habits, anxiety, depression, self injury, suicide ideation depression, self injury, suicide ideation and cyber bullying. heck, frances ideation and cyber bullying. heck, frances haugen, the facebook whistle blower, was right here and testified whistle blower, was right here and testified to us that facebook and instagram conducted research on this topic. instagram conducted research on this topic. they instagram conducted research on this topic, they knew and understood the harms. topic, they knew
under 13. well, we re going to bring a lot of political pressure bipartisan pressure. hard to see the outrage on facebook files, the wall street journal was broad, deep and bipartisan, and then we ve got to change the law. congress also here has been derelict in its duty in updating the children s online privacy protection act. at the end of july i filed a new bill. the kids privacy act has been endorsed by fairplay, common sense, the american academy of pediatrics, that would prohibit online apps from argumenting our kids, gathering their personal information. it would prohibit any behavioral advertising targeted towards kids. it would empower parents. it would allow them to sue for breaches in privacy and allow the federal trade commission to go after them imposing large fines. all right. we ll leave it there for now. congresswoman kathy castor, a pleasure for you to be with us.