Senators talk about upping online safety for kids. This year they could do something

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Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., listens to testimony during a September 2021 hearing about kid’s online safety for a Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security. Tom Brenner/Pool/Getty Images

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Senators from both parties are once again taking aim at big tech companies, reigniting their efforts to protect children from “toxic content” online.

At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, they said they plan to “act swiftly” to get a bill passed this year that holds tech companies

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