On July 30, 2024, in a 91-3 vote, the U.S. Senate passed the bill for theKids Online Safety and Privacy Act(the “Bill”). The Bill, which combines the bills for theKids Online Safety Act(“KOSA”) and theChildren and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act(“CTOPPA”), aims to e...
The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA)passed the Senatein a 91-3 vote in late July as part of a package that also included the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Action Act, referred to as COPPA 2.0. Despite receiving wide support in the upper chamber, the legislation hit a snag in the H...
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The Kid's Online Safety Act was recently introduced as a bipartisan proposal to decrease the potential of harm to children while online. This act places the responsibility on tech companies to implement controls on the content that is available to children aged 16 and under. Specific targets of...
The bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act has gained momentum at a time when debates over parental control of what's taught in school, specifically as it relates to gender identity and sexual orientation, have come to the forefront. Dozens of civil society groups urged ...
skip to main content the controversial kids online safety act faces an uncertain future while it easily passed the senate, the house began a recess without bringing the bill—which critics say would keep young people from accessing vital information on topics like sexual health—to the floor for...
To stop that in the future, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) are introducing legislation to promote online safety. “Our bill aims to reduce the harms,” Blumenthal said. “Our children are suffering at the hands of big tech,” Blackburn said. ...
“Every day the Kids Online Safety Act is stalled in the House, more children are dying,” she wrote on X. “That is why we worked with @elonmusk, @lindayaX, and @X to craft new text that would protect speech and our children. No one is more qualified to speak about protecting spe...
Proponents of the Kids Online Safety Act include parents’ groups and children’s advocacy organizations as well as companies like Microsoft, X and Snap. They say the it is a necessary first step in regulating tech companies and requiring them to protect children from dangerous online ...
The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) has surpassed 60 Senate co-sponsors, enough supporters for it to pass through the chamber, the bill’s authors announced on Thursday. The support marks a major milestone for the legislation, which seeks to create a duty of care for tech platforms to mitigat...