Chuck Schumer plans to bring two major kids online safety bills to the Senate floor this week
by Lauren Feiner from The Verge - All Posts on (#6PE0W)
Photo by Alex Wong / Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) plans to announce in a speech that he will bring the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) to the Senate floor this week for a procedural vote. This tees up the biggest step yet on the federal level to move forward with a law in the area of children's online safety legislation.
Over the past few months I've met with families from across the country who have gone through the worst thing a parent could endure - losing a child," Schumer said in a statement. Rather than retreating into the darkness of their loss, these families lit a candle for others with their advocacy. I am proud to work side-by-side with them and put on the floor...