U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is renewing calls to pass his Kids Online Safety Act ( KOSA ). The bipartisan legislation aimed at making social media safer for children almost became law last year.

Blumenthal said new Meta whistleblower testimony shows social media companies are hurting kids and not doing anything about it.

“These whistleblowers document how Meta has suppressed, blocked, obstructed, and censored research that will show how prevalent the harms are among young users of social media, and how Meta has failed to provide the kind of parental controls and tools that might ease this problem,” Blumenthal said.

Blumenthal has reintroduced the Kids Online Safety Act every year since 2022. In the last session, it passed the Senate with more than 90% of senators

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