Statement from The Real Facebook Oversight Board on KOSPA Senate Passage

“Historic Milestone for Kids’ Social Media Protections”

Today’s Senate passage of KOSPA, the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act is a historic milestone and a big leap forward for kids’ social media protections online. For years we have watched Meta, Twitter and other online platforms act with impunity and endanger the lives, safety and happiness of kids all over the world. It needs to stop.

More must be done to rein in these platforms and their dangerous algorithms. But today we celebrate the hard work of advocacy organizations and a fierce coalition that got this done. The antidote to Big Tech harms is regulation, litigation oversight, and laws like KOSPA.

We are grateful to our partners, and urge the House of Representatives to pass their version and resolve differences to make this bill law by the end of the year.

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