New Legislation for Online Safety

Recent bills, the Kids Online Safety Act (COSA) and the Children's and Teen's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0), aim to enhance protection for minors online and received significant bipartisan support in the Senate. If passed by the House, these measures would mark the first substantial legislative effort to protect children online in over two decades, addressing the immense changes in technology since the last major laws were enacted. COSA holds tech companies accountable for the design of their platforms and mandates the creation of tools to safeguard minors, such as improving privacy protections and limiting harmful content. COPPA 2.0 expands regulations on data collection to include minors up to 17 years old, counteracting the practices that keep kids engaged through targeted advertising.