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Whatever happened to the Kids Online Safety Act?

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The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) was shaping up to be the year Congress regulated how kids engage with social media.

Now, after a hundred chaotic days of the Trump administration, the once-rational bet of new child safety legislation is looking shakier.

KOSA would enshrine a responsibility for tech platforms to design their products in ways that would mitigate the risk of kids using them.

Some version of KOSA, KOSMA , or the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0 ) will pass during this session of Congress .

Many states have passed a broad array of child safety laws, and many of these have been at least temporarily blocked by lawsuits.

A new problem has emerged under Trump , though: slash-and-burn attacks on consumer protection agencies.