Cruz backing KOSA, giving social media legislation a boost |
Cruz backing KOSA, giving social media legislation a boost
Senate Commerce Committee Chair Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is officially throwing his support behind the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), giving the social media accountability bill a key post in the upper chamber.
Cruz made a surprise appearance at a kids digital safety rally near the Capitol Tuesday, pledging to advance KOSA out of committee.
“We passed KOSA in the last Congress out of the Senate, we’re going to pass it out of the Commerce Committee, we’re going to pass it in the Senate and we are going to work hand-in-hand to get it passed through the House and get it put on the president’s desk and get it signed into law this year,” Cruz said Tuesday.
KOSA, which has passed the Senate in a 91-3 vote in 2024, seeks to create guardrails protecting kids from online harms. This includes regulations for the kinds of features tech and social media companies offer kids online and reduce the addictive nature and mental health effects of these platforms.
It is not clear when the committee markup will take place.
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