The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and a batch of about 19 other proposed bills aimed at protecting kids online were formally presented before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade on 12/02.
Lawmakers, witnesses, child-safety advocates and likely industry representatives heard testimony and debated what protections should look like for children and teens online — what platforms should be forced to do, what parental tools should exist, what kinds of harms must be prevented or tracked.