On Tuesday, the Democrat-led Senate passed legislation that seeks to shore up protections for children on the internet. In a bipartisan display, 91 senators voted in favor of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Action (COPPA) 2.0. Three senators opposed the bills while six members did not cast votes.
“The Senate kept its promise to parents and passed the Kids Online Safety Act ‘KOSA’ and the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act ‘COPPA 2.0,’” Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said in a post to X. “The most important update to federal laws protecting kids on the internet in decades The House must pass them now.”
KOSA would “require platforms to enable the strongest privacy settings by default, force platforms to prevent and mitigate specific dangers to minors, provide parents and educators new controls to help…
