科技巨头的游说人士正在推销法案，要求对应用下载进行年龄验证，同时禁止针对相关规则的私人诉讼，并将执法权留给州总检察长。
Lobbyists for the tech giants are pitching bills that would require age checks for app downloads while barring private lawsuits over the rules and leaving enforcement to state attorneys general.
据POLITICO获悉，谷歌和苹果的游说人士正投入巨大努力，敦促各州立法者通过儿童网络安全法，以保护科技巨头免受与年龄验证要求相关的部分诉讼。
Google and Apple lobbyists are engaged in a massive effort to press state lawmakers to adopt kids’ online safety laws that would shield the tech giants from some lawsuits tied to age-verification requirements, POLITICO has learned.
这项雄心勃勃的推动行动的规模和范围此前未曾报道，其细节已在草案立法、内部邮件以及对七位知情人士的采访中得以体现，其中部分人士因讨论私人对话细节而要求匿名。华盛顿在儿童网络安全问题上的僵局促使这些科技巨头将努力集中在全国各地的州议会。
The scale and scope of the ambitious push, which has not been previously reported, is outlined in draft legislation, internal emails and interviews with seven people with knowledge of the effort, some of whom were granted anonymity to discuss details of private conversations. A virtual stalemate on kids’ online safety in Washington has pushed these tech behemoths to focus their efforts on state houses around the country.
这场游说战正值大型科技公司面临数百起诉讼之际，原告称其本人或子女因平台设计而受到伤害。与此同时，各州正在通过年龄验证法律，这为针对科技公司的额外诉讼打开了大门。但苹果和谷歌的提案正受到网络安全界部分人士的反对。
The lobbying battle is unfolding as Big Tech faces hundreds of lawsuits from individuals who say they or their children were harmed by the platforms’ design. Meanwhile, states are passing age-verification laws, opening the door for additional lawsuits against the tech companies. But it’s the proposals from Apple and Google that are getting pushback from some corners of the tech safety community.