Four bipartisan senators, two Republicans and two Democrats, introduced a bill to prohibit kids under the age of 13 from using social media. If passed, the Protecting Kids on Social Media Act would also require a parent or guardian’s permission for kids 13-17.

The senators contend that this bill is necessary to address extraordinary mental health challenges in teens. CDC studies show 57% of high school girls and 29% of high school boys feel persistently sad or hopeless, and 22% have seriously considered suicide.

“Social media companies have stumbled on to a stubborn, devastating fact: the way to get kids to linger on the platforms and to maximize profit is to upset them, to make them outraged, to make them agitated,” Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, said.