Biden plans to go after social media and kids’ mental health in SOTU speech

U.S. President Joe Biden will take aim at tech companies and discuss data privacy and online safety when he delivers the annual State of the Union address Tuesday night, the White House said.

During the speech, Biden will call for bipartisan support to ban targeted advertising for children and young people online, and he will demand transparency about tech companies’ algorithms and how they collect Americans’ personal data.

Biden will also argue it is the responsibility of companies, not consumers, to minimize the amount of information they collect.