Kids bill faces uncertainty after House passage
The measure adds privacy protections for minors and a federal data broker registry while drawing criticism over free-speech concerns.
- On Monday, the House of Representatives passed the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act in a 267-117 bipartisan vote, requiring online platforms to create 'reasonable policies' to address harms to children online.
- Unlike the Senate's 2024 Kids Online Safety Act , the House bill excludes a 'duty of care' provision meant to reduce known harms to minors, setting up a legislative dispute.
- A coalition of 44 state attorneys general alleges the federal legislation would weaken existing state regulations, while the Electronic Frontier Foundation warns the bill could force platforms to verify user ages through facial scans.
- Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie called the passage a 'step forward in establishing meaningful safeguards,' though Senate approval remains uncertain, requiring 60 votes to overcome a filibuster.
- Parents for Safe Online Spaces argue the package provides meaningful improvements, marking the House's first attempt to regulate online child safety since the Senate passed KOSA in 2024.
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The KIDS Act Pretends To Give Parents Power They Already Have
Congress is considering passage of the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act (KIDS), a sweeping omnibus bill that would require age verification across much of the internet, restrict messaging for teens, ban certain app features, and grant the Federal Trade Commission a vague mandate to police “compulsive usage” on platforms. As with most power grabs in Washington, KIDS is framed as common-sense child protection. However noble it is to want age v…
Here comes the KIDS Act: USA joins the 'age verification' club
Yesterday, the US House of Representatives quietly passed a bundle of "digital protections" collectively labelled the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act (KIDS Act). You might not have heard, because the US news was focused on other things, like the Supreme Court refusing to review the civil verdict that Donald Trump sexually assaulted E Jean Carroll, or that they would continue to count mail-in ballots that arrive after election day. As is us…
Child Safety or Government Overreach? House Passes Major Digital Safety Act
A bipartisan majority of House representatives passed a controversial bill on Monday aimed at protecting minors from harmful online content, which has drawn privacy concerns from some in light of draconian online safety measures in Europe. [RELATED: AI Bill Claiming to Protect Minors Could Institute Online Age Verification Requirements to Maine…] “This legislation represents an [...] The post Child Safety or Government Overreach? House Passes Ma…
Here Comes the KIDS Act: USA joins the “age verification” club
Yesterday, the US House of Representatives quietly passed a bundle of “digital protections” collectively labelled the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act (KIDS Act). You might not have heard, because the US news was focused on other things, like the Supreme Court refusing to review the civil verdict that Donald Trump sexually assaulted E Jean …
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