BREAKING NEWS! First NEW online child safety legislation passed in 25 years.
The Senate has passed the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act (#KOSPA), combining the Kids Online Safety Act (#KOSA) and the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (#COPPA 2.0)! This marks a huge win for protecting kids online!
The Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed landmark online child safety reforms — though the legislation, which has drawn mixed reactions from the tech industry, faces an uncertain fate in the House.
The two bills — the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act and the Kids Online Safety Act, nicknamed COPPA 2.0 and KOSA — were approved in a rare bipartisan 91-3 vote.
They now need to pass in the Republican-controlled House, currently on recess until September, to become law.
COPPA 2.0 would ban targeted advertising to minors and data collection without their consent, and give parents and kids the option to delete their information from social media platforms.
