The measure advanced as part of broader legislation, though House Democrats contended it would leave a “giant loophole” for ...

The House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced a package of kids online safety legislation to the House floor, and the ...

A GOP-led package of kids’ online safety bills, including the landmark Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), advanced out of a House ...

Technology Technology   The Big Story House and Senate get action on kids’ online safety A GOP-led package of kids’ online safety bills, including the landmark Kids ...

Twelve bipartisan "child online safety" bills now moving through the House would require age verification for internet access - effectively ending online anonymity in the United States. The flagship ...

Age verification requirements—especially those blocking access to a wide range of speech, as seen in ASAA—undermine Americans' rights.

A package of child safety bills is headed to the House floor following an hours-long session that left Democrats and Republicans divided. On Thursday, lawmakers on the House Committee on Energy and ...

Bills that would seek to provide greater online protections for kids moved forward on both sides of Capitol Hill on Thursday, though a House measure was pulled back from a committee vote in a bid for ...

Welcome to the new normal, thanks to the government’s Online Safety Act. Possibly our most vaguely drafted bit of legislation, it limped into force at the end of July with the stated aim of ...

Social media algorithms are designed to be addictive, especially for children, and can expose them to harmful content. The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) aims to hold social media companies accountable ...

After five years of largely failed state-level "online safety" regulations, the U.S. House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade of the Committee on Energy and ...

Two UK watchdogs have issued an urgent plea to social media companies to strengthen their age-checking processes, saying they must “act now” to keep children safe online. In an open letter the ...