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Center for Humane Technology witness urges passage of S.69 to change platform design and protect children
Summary
Lizzie Irwin of the Center for Humane Technology told the Senate Institutions Committee S.69, the "age appropriate design code," would require online platforms to adopt "safety by design" and "privacy by default" measures for minors; no formal committee action was recorded at the hearing.
Lizzie Irwin, public affairs coordinator for the Center for Humane Technology, told the Senate Institutions Committee that S.69, the proposed "age appropriate design code," would require online platforms to design products with young users in mind and to limit harmful design and data practices.
Irwin said the bill rests on two core pillars — "safety by design" and "privacy by default" — and would establish a baseline duty of care for platform operators. "Companies are intentionally designing their products to capitalize on our cognitive deficits and exploit our very human tendencies," Irwin told the committee, adding that internal company reports show those practices are…
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