US Internet bill would force tech firms to keep inappropriate content from children

The bill would require platforms such as YouTube or TikTok to alter how they recommend and promote content to children by changing their algorithms. It would prohibit suggestion of violent, sexual or other inappropriate videos. — Bloomberg

WASHINGTON: Parents no longer have to worry only about whether their children are seeking out violent or harmful content on the Internet. Increasingly, the inappropriate content is finding the children, through features like auto-play videos and push alerts that coax users to spend more time glued to the screen.

Digital safety advocates say that's why they are pushing US Congress to pass a bill requiring app and website developers to stop using these "manipulative" tactics with users younger than 16.