WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey issued the following press release:
Meta settlement comes in part due to violations of Markey's Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
Boston (August 27, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today called on Congress to pass his Children and Teens' Online Privacy and Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) legislation which would update data privacy regulations for the 21st century to ensure children and teenagers are protected online, as well as his Youth AI Privacy Act, which would require AI companies to build privacy safeguards for minors into their AI chatbots in the wake of the Meta settlement with State Attorneys General t...