Will Congress get kids online safety right? Let’s hope so.
March 7, 2026
After decades of inadequate digital safeguards, toothless federal regulation, and little legal recourse, American families may finally witness the most comprehensive update to kids online safety law in decades.
This week, after years of hard work by advocates and lawmakers, the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced a packageof kids online safety legislation to the House floor, and the Senate unanimously passed the Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act. If enacted, these bills would strengthen parents’ abilities to effectively protect their kids online while also providing the means to hold commercial pornography websites, social media platforms, AI chatbot companies, app stores, app developers, and other entities accountable for failing to protect children.
