Va. lawmakers consider digital protections for children as app store accountability debate continues

By: Nathaniel Cline

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: August 10, 2026

Words: 786

Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago

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Emily Harrison, a mother of two in the city of Roanoke, said federal lawmakers have not updated the country’s law to protect children’s online privacy in nearly 30 years, even as technology has changed dramatically.

“We’re just looking, as parents, for the same level of protections in the digital world that we have in the physical world,” Harrison said in a phone interview.

On Wednesday, the Joint Commission on Technology and Science, made …

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