The bill also includes a mechanism for parents and kids to report certain harms.

The legislation also prohibits targeted marketing without the minors consent.

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The bills next go to the House, where the prospects are uncertain.

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Lawmakers in that chamber are on recess until September.

Young people will take back control of their own lives.

Parents will have tools to safeguard those young people, Blumenthal told reporters.

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Im sorry for everything you have all been through, he said.

It is past time to act.