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A bipartisan bill \u201cwould give parents that toolbox that they need to help monitor what their children are seeing in the virtual space,\u201d\xa0Sen. Marsha Blackburn\xa0says.\n\u201cKids are being exposed to things in the virtual space that we would never expose them to in the physical space, so it\u2019s important for parents to have that toolbox, and it\u2019s important to put the responsibility on these\xa0social mediaplatforms,\u201d says\xa0Blackburn, R-Tenn., who on May 2 reintroduced the\xa0Kids Online Safety Act\xa0with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.\xa0\n\u201cThat is what this legislation does,\u201d Blackburn says. \u201cIt requires these platforms to open up those algorithms and make them available not only to parents, but also to researchers, so that there can be a monitoring of the harms that children are exposed to.\u201d\nThe legislation was initially introduced in February 2022 and unanimously passed the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee in July, according to the\xa0Tennessee senator\u2019s office. However, \u201cthe clock ran out before we got it off the floor,\u201d Blackburn says.\nBlackburn joins today\u2019s episode of \u201cThe Daily Signal Podcast\u201d to discuss the legislation and how its requirements would be implemented. She also discusses the end of the public health measure known as\xa0Title 42, and how that will affect illegal immigration.\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.