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KOSA Was Blocked Again. It Should Stay That Way.
With the clock running out on the 119th Congress, Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) tried on Wednesday to pass the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) by unanimous consent, only for Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who blocked a similar effort in 2024, to object again. The bill’s sponsors have repeatedly pitched it as the answer to the nearly half of parents who report being concerned about what their kids encounter online. However well-intentioned, KOSA would hand federal regulators control over what we see online and push platforms to censor lawful speech, without making…
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