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Apple joins push for kids’ online safety law
Senators reintroduce a sweeping bill that could change how the internet works for minors. It still faces obstacles.
Whatever happened to the Kids Online Safety Act?
A leading kids online safety bill died in the House last year. Can Congress resurrect it?
Zuckerberg turns the tables on kids’ safety online
Meta lobbyists helped convince Speaker Mike Johnson that the Kids Online Safety Act would violate the First Amendment and lead to online censorship. He declined to bring it up for a vote, citing free speech concerns, even after the Senate passed it 91-3 in July.
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
Congress renews fight over kids online safety with revived KOSA bill
Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Democrat Sen. Richard Blumenthal reintroduced the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA).
How Mark Zuckerberg is flipping the script on kids’ safety online
To protect kids online, Mark Zuckerberg says Congress should focus on Apple and Google — not Facebook and Instagram.
Controversial Kids Online Safety Act Reintroduced, Raising New Questions About Free Speech and Big Tech
A sweeping online safety bill designed to shield minors from harm on the internet is making its way back through Congress, reigniting a fierce debate over privacy, speech, and corporate accountability in the digital age.
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,
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Bill criminalizing deepfake revenge porn passes House, heads to Trump’s desk
The measure cleared the House in an overwhelming 409-2 vote, with 22 members ... Among the bills being pushed by many online safety groups is the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), which ...
Colorado Senate votes to override Gov. Jared Polis’ veto of social media regulation bill
Letting the veto stand would mean “choosing to protect the business interests of billion-dollar tech companies over the ...
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Texas Senate advances bill restricting what bathrooms trans people can use
Middleton said SB 240 is aimed at protecting women’s privacy, which its proponents have echoed online and during the bill’s Senate ... s initial vote Wednesday, asking what safety data the ...