United States of America: Introduced Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA/HR 7890) including content moderation regulation to the House of Representatives

On 9 April 2024, the Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA/HR 7890), the companion Bill of S 1418, was introduced in the House of Representatives of the United States. In particular, the Act would prohibit online platforms, mobile applications, and connected devices from making or enabling a child or minor to post content or information containing personal data. The Act would require platforms to implement mechanisms allowing minors and parents to delete content they posted that contains personal data and make such information available to users. Finally, the Act would prohibit platforms from deleting content that contains personal information about a user if that content was republished or resubmitted by another person.