Bipartisan Smorgasbord of Children’s Online Safety Legislation Passes the House
On Monday, the United States House of Representatives passed the Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act, a sprawling collection of measures aimed at mitigating online harms to minors, in a 267-117 vote. The bill, H.R. 7757, will now head to the Senate, where it reportedly faces long odds.
Last week, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ) announced that they had agreed on new text for the legislation, which is anchored around a version of Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0), two bills that have been batted around by both houses of Congress in various forms for more than four years. A version of COPPA 2.0 passed the Senate in March and a Senate version of KOSA is also under consideration.
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