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OPINION: What U.S. leaders have not done in their years of spewing anger at social-media companies is actually pass legislation establishing standards for how those companies use Americans’ data, writes columnist tpoletti.

As lawmakers spent nearly five hours grilling TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew on Thursday, you could be forgiven for having a serious case of déjà vu.

“The solution, as I see it, is to regulate social media, TikTok and others…..The first key is privacy……it eluded us in the last congress,” Soto said, referring to the inability of Congress to pass the bipartisan “American Data and Privacy Protection Act” last year.Other congressional representatives also alluded to the failed effort last year to pass the privacy act. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Texas, said she agreed that the U.S.

TechNet notes on its website that since 2018, 44 states have introduced 170 different, often conflicting, privacy laws and five states have enacted their own privacy laws.

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