Senate committee advances Kids Online Safety Act in push to regulate social media

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

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.

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