Senate advances the latest Kids Online Safety Act out of committee

The House passed its own version of the contentious KOSA bill in June.

The Senate Commerce Committee advanced the Kids Online Safety Act, which requires online companies to develop products with children's safety in mind.

The bipartisan bill would require social media platforms to exercise reasonable care to avoid harming minors, but faces a House standoff over a key provision

The Kids Online Safety Act, a measure aimed at protecting children on social media, advanced to the Senate floor after it stalled in the last Congress.

A key Senate committee on Wednesday advanced a package of bills aimed at improving children’s safety online, teeing up a showdown with the House over whether to hold Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google liable for harms done to minors on their social media platforms.

Like a bad rash, the Kids Online Safety Act keeps coming back. The bill thus far has failed to become law in successive Congresses, and despite being beaten back repeatedly by reasoned arguments challenging its unconstitutionality, it reappears at irregular intervals. On Wednesday, Aug. 5, the Senate Commerce Committee