A leading kids safety bill has been poison pilled, supporters say
Last year, the House of Representatives was the place where a leading kids online safety bill came to die. On Tuesday, a powerful House committee positioned itself as the place where that bill could be resurrected... along with 18 other proposals.
During a three-hour hearing, an Energy and Commerce subcommittee discussed 19 bills recently packaged together in an effort to make the internet safer for kids. They include a mix of official and draft legislation, including a reworked version of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) - the Senate bill that was denied a vote in the House last year after passing 91-3 in the upper chamber - and the App Sto ...