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S. 1748119th CongressScience, Technology, Communications
Kids Online Safety Act
Sponsored by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) · 76 active : 42 Republicans, 33 Democrats, 1 Independent
Latest action: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Where it standsBefore the Senate1 senator scores as swing vote
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- Senate: next
- House: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govKids Online Safety Act
This bill requires covered online platforms, including social media platforms, to implement tools and safeguards to protect users and visitors under the age of 17.
Covered platforms
are online platforms, video games, messaging applications, or video streaming services used or likely to be used by individuals under the age of 17, with specified exceptions.
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The bill generally requires covered platforms to exercise reasonable care in the design and use of features that increase minors’ online activity in order to prevent and mitigate harm to minors (e.g., mental health disorders and severe harassment).
Covered platforms are also required to provide certain safeguards to minors, such as protections for minors’ data; tools for parents of minors, such as access to minors’ privacy settings; and a mechanism for account holders and visitors to report harm to minors on the platform.
Covered platforms are prohibited from conducting market or product research on children under the age of 13, and may only conduct such research on those under the age of 17 with parental consent.
The bill provides for enforcement through the Federal Trade Commission and states.
The bill also requires online platforms to meet certain requirements before using algorithms that select, order, or prioritize information presented to users based on user-specific data not provided for that purpose. Specifically, such platforms must (1) provide users with notice of the use of such algorithms, and (2) permit users to switch to an algorithm that does not rely on such user-specific data.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · SenateMarkup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Accounting and auditing
- Advisory bodies
- Business records
- Child safety and welfare
- Civil actions and liability
- Computer security and identity theft
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Consumer affairs
- Federal district courts
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
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- Internet, web applications, social media
- Jurisdiction and venue
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 1Swing 70–100
- 18Middle 30–70
- 81Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
76 activeShow all 76 cosponsors
- Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD)
- Ashley Moody (R-FL)
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
- Steve Daines
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
