Lawmakers Are Preparing to Reintroduce the Kids Online Safety Act

The bill died last year, but its backers think they can get House leadership on board this time.

Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Marsha Blackburn speak to reporters.
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Lawmakers are aiming to reintroduce the Kids Online Safety Act, a landmark social media regulation bill, before Memorial Day, Sen. Richard Blumenthal told NOTUS.

The bipartisan bill died in the House last year. But its backers are hoping it will be better received now than in the past thanks to their efforts to assuage concerns over online censorship from Republicans and social media leaders.

“We’re working on it, and I’m working with leadership,” Rep. Gus Bilirakis, a Republican who previously sponsored the bill in the House, told NOTUS. “We’re getting on the same page, it’s going to move.”