WASHINGTON — Congress is set to wage an all-out war against internet companies and social media platforms to protect children online, and there’s bipartisan support growing to enact legislation to do so.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee held an hourslong hearing on Tuesday morning to discuss solutions to protect children from harm on the internet. The hearing comes after a quiet but steady effort among both Republicans and Democrats to update current laws that haven’t been revised in more than two decades — before today’s most popular social media platforms were created.

The committee examined 19 pieces of legislation designed to crack down on the harms of social platforms for children that lawmakers claim have been suppressed by media companies to boost their products.

“For too

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