>The article says congress should pass a privacy bill to protect kids.

No. The article says:

   Protect Privacy For *Everyone*

   There is a better way to protect young people online. 
   Instead of encouraging a complicated system of age 
   checks, more monitoring, and more restrictions on access 
   to information, Congress could finally pass a strong, 
   comprehensive privacy law[0] that benefits all users. A 
   great place to start would be to ban behavioral 
   advertising that tracks us across the web—again, for 
   users of all ages.

Or am I missing something? Do tell.

[0] They even helpfully link to the privacy law they advocate here[1].

[1] https://www.eff.org/wp/privacy-first-better-way-address-onli...