(Radio Iowa) – Congresswoman Ashley Hinson — the Republican Party’s nominee for the U.S. Senate — says it’s time for federal limits to address algorithms that expose children to harmful social media content.
Hinson invited five parents to a discussion in Ankeny on Saturday morning, to air concerns about things like chatbots and online games that appeal to kids, but can be accessed by adult predators. Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who joined the group, says smart phones have turned into portals that transport utter garbage.
Cruz has two teenage daughters and Hinson has two teenage sons. Hinson and Cruz say they want to see evidence TikTok’s new American owner has changed the algorithms which were pushing harmful content when TikTok was a Chinese-owned company.
Cruz also headlined a private fundraiser for Hinson this past weekend.
