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WSJ Tech News Briefing

Behind Big Tech’s Effort to Kill an Online Kid Safety Bill

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

One of the most significant expansions of online protection for children in decades is currently languishing in the House, without a clear path to passage. WSJ reporter Georgia Wells joins host James Rundle to discuss what happened to the Kids Online Safety Act, and how intense lobbying from tech giants including Meta Platforms and Alphabet’s Google contributed to its struggles. Plus, we preview Bold Names, a new series from WSJ columnists Christopher Mims and Tim Higgins. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:07.2

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0:12.5

Revolutionary technology, real world's results.

0:18.8

Welcome to Tech News briefing. It's Monday, November the 18th. I'm James Rundle for the Wall Street Journal.

0:25.2

The Kids Online Safety Act offers the first major expansion of online protections for children

0:30.2

in over 25 years. The bill sailed through the Senate this summer with near unanimous approval,

0:36.4

but now it's snarled in the House

0:37.9

and looks unlikely to pass before the next Congress. Later on in the show, WSJ reporter

0:43.2

Georgia Wells joins us to discuss how this happened and the role big tech companies played

0:48.0

in DeRalien. But first, our new podcast series, Bold Names, debuted on Saturday, right here in the Tech News briefing feed.

1:00.3

The first episode features an interview with Peter Rawlinson, CEO of Electric Vehicle Maker, Lucid.

1:06.4

Rawlinson, a former Tesla engineer, talks about the challenges currently facing the EV industry and gives

1:12.3

his thoughts on the future of competition from Asia Pacific and the likelihood of robo-taxies.

1:17.6

We're joined now by WSJ columnists Christopher Mims and Tim Higgins, who are co-hosting this new series.

1:23.6

So Christopher and Tim, tell us about bold names.

1:26.8

Bold Names is a series about the bold name leaders who appear in the pages of the Wall

1:33.9

Street Journal.

1:34.9

And it's about having a direct conversation with the folks who are making news every day,

1:41.1

every week.

1:41.8

It's an opportunity to have a conversation with interesting people who are leading very

1:47.2

complex companies who are dealing with some of the day's biggest issues, whether it's the

1:52.8

adoption of artificial intelligence or the transition to electric vehicles.

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