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These Grieving Parents Want Congress to Protect Children Online
A group is using the Mothers Against Drunk Driving playbook, sharing personal tragedies, to lobby for the Kids Online Safety Act.
By Cecilia Kang
My stories sit at the intersection of technology, policy and politics. These days, that includes the road toward regulation of artificial intelligence, federal action against tech giants for antitrust and consumer abuses, and the tech war between the U.S. and China.
I’ve been writing about technology for about two decades. I coauthored “An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle For Domination,” published in 2021, with my colleague, Sheera Frenkel. Before joining The Times, I was the senior technology reporter at The Washington Post. I also covered technology for the San Jose Mercury News. I was part of a team of Times reporters honored with the George Polk and Loeb awards.
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