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A view of the U.S. Capitol during a rally held in support of the Kids Online Safety Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Dec.10, 2024. A view of the U.S. Capitol during a rally held in support ...

AI-generated videos for kids are popping up everywhere, and many include confusing or inaccurate information. These videos can look fun and harmless but may teach your child things that aren’t true or ...

The Senate voted to pass two bills aimed at boosting safety and privacy for kids online in a broad bipartisan vote Tuesday after months of mounting pressure from ...

Social media algorithms are designed to be addictive, especially for children, and can expose them to harmful content. The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) aims to hold social media companies accountable ...

When my son Conall took his life at age 17, it was devastating to me and our entire family. Conall was a caring, empathetic, and bright young man, but he had also struggled for many years with anxiety ...

SPOKANE, Wash -- We used to warn kids about strangers in cars, but now, rather than a van driving down the street, the stranger danger is in the palm of their hands. New social media platforms are ...

The House made its biggest push yet to advance kids online safety legislation in the final weeks of 2025. A subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce panel rolled out a slate of 19 bills in late ...

Kristin Bride lost her 16-year-old son, Carson, to suicide in 2020. She says shortly before he took his own life he was bullied on the social media site Snapchat. "Carson received over 100 harassing ...

The Kids Online Safety Act was supposed to fix (or break) the internet. Now, after nearly three years of rewrites, it’s got days left to pass. is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the ...

Parents whose children have died or been seriously harmed as a result of social media are pushing for the House to mark up and vote on stalled legislation intended to increase kids’ safety and privacy ...

The Senate overwhelmingly passed the Kids Online Safety Act on Tuesday, but the legislation faces an uphill battle in the House because of censorship concerns. By Cecilia Kang Reporting on child ...