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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 …

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Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/policy/837123/house-energy-commerce-kids-online-safety-package-hearing

Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/policy/837123/house-energy-commerce-kids-online-safety-package-hearing

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