Gov. Mikie Sherrill, announcing a new social media research center at Rutgers University, says more than $500 million from a settlement with Meta is coming to New Jersey. She says that in 2024, when she served in the House, the Kids Online Safety Act passed the Senate 91 to 3, "but House Republican leadership killed the bill." The cut ends as she starts to say it happened "conveniently after Meta."
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- Who
- Gov. Mikie Sherrill
- Where
- briefing - announcement of the New Jersey Social Media Research Center at Rutger
- Original footage
- Forbes Breaking News · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 55 seconds, unedited within the cut
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More than $500 million is coming to New Jersey. After years of burying studies and spinning stories, Meta was forced to confront the damage that it has done. The settlement vindicated the researchers, parents and teens who raised red flags about the addictive, damaging design of these platforms for years. But it also left people asking what took so long. All roads lead back to Washington. Back in 2024, when I served in the House, my colleagues and I were gearing up to pass a bill that would have held big techs' feet to the fire, the Kids Online Safety Act. It passed the Senate by a vote of 91 to 3. Imagine that in these times. But House Republican leadership killed the bill. conveniently after meta
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