The last time Congress passed a law to protect children on the internet was in 1998 — before Facebook, before the iPhone and long before today’s oldest teenagers were born.
FILE - Students work on a laptop computer at Stonewall Elementary in Lexington, Ky., Feb. 6, 2023. A bill aiming to protect kids from the harms of social media , gaming sites and other online platforms appears to have enough bipartisan support to pass, though whether it actually will remains uncertain. FILE - Sen. Marsha Blackburn , R-Tenn., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, Jan. 24, 2023. Blackburn and Senator Richard Blumenthal , D-Conn.
They would have to “prevent and mitigate” harms to children, including bullying and violence, the promotion of suicide, eating disorders, substance abuse, sexual exploitation and advertisements for illegal products such as narcotics, tobacco or alcohol. Broader enforcement would fall to the Federal Trade Commission, which would have oversight over what types of content is “harmful” to children.KOSA is supported a broad range of nonprofits, tech accountability and parent groups and pediatricians such as the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Federation of Teachers, Common Sense Media, Fairplay, The Real Facebook Oversight Board and the NAACP. Some prominent tech companies, including Microsoft, X and Snap, have also signed on.
KOSA was introduced in 2022 by Senators Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn. It currently has 68 cosponsors in the Senate, from across the political spectrum, which would be enough to pass if it were brought to a vote.The ACLU, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and other groups supporting free speech are concerned it would violate the First Amendment.
He added he has “tried to work with the authors to fix the bill’s many deficiencies. If the authors are not interested in compromise, Senator Schumer can bring the bill to the floor, as he could have done from the beginning.”“The reason it has it has not come to a vote yet is that passing legislation is really hard, particularly when you’re trying to regulate one of the, if not the most powerful industry in the world,” he said. “We are outspent.
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