S.3663: Kids Online Safety Act

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Kids Online Safety Act This bill sets out requirements for covered platforms (i.e., applications or services that connect to the internet and are likely to be used by minors) to protect minors from online harms. A covered platform must act in the best interest of a minor using its application or service. This includes a duty to prevent and mitigate heightened risks of harms that may arise from using the platform (e.g., sexual exploitation)....

(Source: Library of Congress)

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Date Description
Dec. 15, 2022
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 660.
Dec. 15, 2022
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
July 27, 2022
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Feb. 16, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Feb. 16, 2022

Introduced in the Senate by Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)

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