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Lawmakers introduce draft bill to prevent children from being tracked online

Posted on May 6, 2011July 3, 2025 by Dissent

Cecilia Kang reports:

House lawmakers on Friday will introduce the draft of a privacy bill aimed at protecting children by blocking Web sites from tracking the young users of the Internet.

Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton (R-Texas) co-authored the “Do Not Track Kids Act of 2011,” which will significantly strengthen and update online privace laws for children first created 14 years ago, according to a staff aide.

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