Washington, D.C. – The National Association of Attorneys General sent a letter on behalf of a bipartisan coalition of 40 state and territorial attorneys general to congressional leadership urging support for the Senate version of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), S. 1748, and opposing passage of the House companion bill, H.R. 6484.
In the letter, the attorneys general, as the chief legal officers of their states and territories, emphasized the serious and growing risks that social media platforms pose to minors and the need for federal legislation that meaningfully strengthens online protections for children.
The coalition detailed concerns that many social media platforms deliberately target minors and employ product designs that are intentionally addictive for underage users. According to the attorneys general, these platforms generate substantial profits by monetizing minors’ personal data through targeted advertising while failing to adequately disclose the addictive nature of their products or the well-documented harms associated with excessive social media use.