Senators reintroduce landmark kids’ online safety bill

Senators revive push to protect kids online after bill stalled in House last Congress

A bipartisan group of senators reintroduced legislation Wednesday designed to protect kids online, hoping a growing coalition of supporters will spur the House to act on the measure this Congress.

The Kids Online Safety Act is back, with the potential to change the internet

The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) has been reintroduced into Congress. If passed into law, this bill could impose some of the most significant legislative

KOSA’s reintroduction is an unforgivable betrayal of LGBTQ youth who are just trying to survive Trump

We warned Congress in December: the incoming FTC chair, who would have enforcement power over online speech if KOSA was passed, would weaponize his position against marginalized people.

Senators reintroduce landmark kids’ online safety bill

Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) are reviving their push for a landmark piece of legislation intended to boost kids’ safety and privacy online. The bipartisan pair of senators reintroduced the Kids Online Safety Act on Wednesday, with hopes the bill will be well received in the upper chamber, which passed it in…

The Kids Online Safety Act is back

The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a bill imposing sweeping obligations on tech platforms to protect children that use them, has been revived in the Senate after a failed sprint to become law late last year. The bill’s lead sponsors, Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), reintroduced the bill roughly five months after it died in the House of Representatives after a 90+ vote to pass it in the Senate. KOSA would require onli…

News/Media Alliance Applauds Re-Introduction of the Kids Online Safety Act – News/Media Alliance

Arlington, VA – This morning, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) were joined by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) as they re-introduced the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), which would establish guidelines to protect children from harmful content on social media platforms. A previous version of the bill, first introduced in 2022, was overwhelmingly a…