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, 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.
The bill is not new. 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. Read more…
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