In February 2022, after months of hearings, committee members Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Kids Online Safety Act.

The bill would have required social media companies to create stronger controls to protect the data of minors, default to the ...

In July, the KOS passed the Senate with 91-3 voting in favor of the bill. Five months later, the bill is essentially dead for ...

U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff introduced the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act (the “Act”) (Senate Bill 2073), which is ...

Senators are trying to get the U.S. House of Representatives to pass their bipartisan legislation to boost privacy and safety for children online before the holiday break. However, House Republican ...

Our elected leaders in Washington, D.C., have broken their promises to grieving parents. They strung us along and moved the ...

The Kids Online Safety Act was carefully crafted in consultation with tech, psychology, and legal experts to protect kids from the cutting-edge technology social media companies employ to maximize ...

Last weekend billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk endorsed the Kids Online Safety Act, while X CEO Linda Yaccarino also posted on the platform "Protecting kids should always be priority #1." ...

This commentary discusses the topic of suicide. If you or someone you know if contemplating suicide, please call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988. Lost in the furor over whether ...

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., is making a final push to pass the Kids Online Safety Act before the end of the year, arguing there is an “urgency” to get it done in the remaining weeks ...

“Trying to get in the good graces of an autocrat-in-waiting will only result in undermining that free press,” the Pulitzer ...

And when industry business models thrive on luring minors, they have every reason to be paranoid of the Kids Online Safety Act. That bill has been one of the most clamored-for pieces of ...