Law note · United States
S. 1748, Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA)
Would impose a duty of care on covered online platforms to prevent and mitigate specified harms to minors, require default safeguards and parental tools for known minors, and mandate transparency reporting. An earlier version passed the Senate 91-3 in July 2024 (118th Congress) but died in the House.
Reintroduced May 14, 2025 by Senators Blackburn and Blumenthal with Senate leadership support; pending in the Senate Commerce Committee as of July 2026, and partially consolidated into the House-passed KIDS Act without its duty of care provision.
Primary source: official bill text and status, Congress.gov