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07-29-2018, 10:32 PM
Why a $95 million bill to study tech's effects on kids might actually pass this time
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Congress wants to spend $95 million to study how gadgets and social media affects children.*
The proposal for the Children and Media Research Advancement Act, or CAMRA Act (https://www.markey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/CAMRA%20Act.pdf), was introduced Thursday in the U.S. Senate. A bipartisan group is behind the bill, so it might actually have a chance of passing.*
SEE ALSO: We don't give kids free access to junk food. We shouldn't give them free access to the iPhone. (http://mashable.com/2018/01/10/smartphones-junk-food-kids-addiction/?utm_campaign&utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source)
The bill is not new (https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/109/s579). Back in 2004, then-Sen. Joseph Lieberman wanted to study the effects of electronic media on the youth. It fizzled out. The same thing happened when a version of the bill was introduced again in 2007 — just a few months before Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone (https://mashable.com/2015/01/09/iphone-steve-jobs/).* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/27/tech-addiction-congress-children-research/)
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Congress wants to spend $95 million to study how gadgets and social media affects children.*
The proposal for the Children and Media Research Advancement Act, or CAMRA Act (https://www.markey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/CAMRA%20Act.pdf), was introduced Thursday in the U.S. Senate. A bipartisan group is behind the bill, so it might actually have a chance of passing.*
SEE ALSO: We don't give kids free access to junk food. We shouldn't give them free access to the iPhone. (http://mashable.com/2018/01/10/smartphones-junk-food-kids-addiction/?utm_campaign&utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source)
The bill is not new (https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/109/s579). Back in 2004, then-Sen. Joseph Lieberman wanted to study the effects of electronic media on the youth. It fizzled out. The same thing happened when a version of the bill was introduced again in 2007 — just a few months before Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone (https://mashable.com/2015/01/09/iphone-steve-jobs/).* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/27/tech-addiction-congress-children-research/)
More about Children (https://mashable.com/category/children/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Congress (https://mashable.com/category/congress/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Social Media (https://mashable.com/category/social-media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Devices (https://mashable.com/category/devices/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Tech Addiction (https://mashable.com/category/tech-addiction/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/jmcU4d30GWs