The US is overhauling privacy laws to protect kids from social media spying

FTC is strengthening the childhood privacy act to stop social networks and gaming platforms targeting under 13s with ads and mobile alerts

The big-swinging chair of the US Federal Trade Commission Lina Khan has begun one of the most significant legal moves ever to halt Big Tech’s surveillance of children.

After months of whistleblowers, leaked documents, damning exposes, writs, and indictments against social media, she is now seeking to overhaul privacy laws.

It will shift responsibility fo…