US EditionHouse panel advances slate of kids online safety bills along party lines
House Republicans advanced a 12-bill package including the Kids Online Safety Act with parental controls and age verification, while the Senate passed a bipartisan COPPA 2.0 bill.
- On Thursday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced Rep. Brett Guthrie's Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act while the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan bill protecting children and teens under 17.
- Chair Brett Guthrie deferred action at the markup to continue bipartisan talks after committee staff from both parties negotiated for more than 40 hours since August of last year.
- The Republican package bundles a dozen measures, including the Kids Online Safety Act, with parental controls, opt-outs for minor users, and age verification for sexual content; related votes also advanced app-store provisions.
- Some individual bills drew bipartisan or mixed support, with Democrats opposing the GOP package and all amendments rejected along party lines, while the committee forwarded the third-party account management bill 36-16, despite objections from Design It For Us and civil-society groups.
- The House bill adopts a tiered approach, while the Senate bill would change the knowledge standard to `actual knowledge or knowledge fairly implied on the basis of objective circumstances`, said Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass.
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House panel advances slate of kids online safety bills along party lines
A GOP-led package of kids’ online safety bills, including the landmark Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), advanced out of a House committee Thursday amid heavy pushback from Democrats and technology safety advocates. In a lengthy bill markup Thursday, House Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) and his Republican colleagues faced repeated criticism from Democrats…
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