The Capitol is seen in Washington, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) On Monday, the United States House of Representatives passed the Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act, a sprawling collection of measures aimed at mitigating online harms to minors, in a 267-117 vote. The bill, H.R. 7757, will now head to...Read More
The House passed sweeping kids’ online safety legislation Monday night in a 267-117 vote (with 47 members abstaining), but the bill’s path forward is far from settled. The legislation, known as the KIDS Act (Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act), emerged as a bipartisan compromise out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, according to...Read More
Websites where more than one-third of the content is harmful sexual material for minors would have to introduce age verification measures to block underage users, while social media platforms, AI chatbot providers, and online gaming services would face a separate set of child safety obligations under the broader Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act,...Read More
BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (WNYT) — Saratoga County District Attorney Brett Eby said a new child safety commission will review failures and recommend changes after two recent child deaths. Eby announced the Saratoga County Child Safety Review Commission in a press release on Tuesday, after the deaths of young children in Mechanicville and Corinth. The independent...Read More
A bipartisan majority of House representatives passed a controversial bill on Monday aimed at protecting minors from harmful online content, which has drawn privacy concerns from some in light of draconian online safety measures in Europe. [RELATED: AI Bill Claiming to Protect Minors Could Institute Online Age Verification Requirements to Maine…] “This legislation represents an...Read More
The U.S. House has passed a bipartisan bill package that would strengthen digital and online protections for children. It’s being presented as the KIDS Act, formally HR 7757, and stands for Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act. In a nutshell, the bill aims to put in place some “safeguards for minors, parental tools, and teen...Read More
(CNN)– A majority of child safety features on many major social media sites are not working as advertised. That’s according to a new study by the Cybersecurity Research Center. It looked at dozens of safety features on Tik Tok, SNAP, Instagram, SNAP, and Youtube. It concluded that almost 60% of the time those child safety...Read More
The US House of Representatives passed the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act on Monday with bipartisan support, advancing legislation that would require online platforms to introduce new safeguards for children while setting up negotiations with the Senate, which favours tougher protections. The bill passed by 267 votes to 117 and marks the House’s first...Read More
A childcare provider in Victoria has become the first to be stripped of Commonwealth funding since the government legislated new safety standards for the sector last year. Laugh & Learn Family Day Care Education & Training operates nine family day cares out of residential homes in Melbourne and was found to have seriously breached safety standards...Read More
Motorists transporting young children without appropriate child safety restraints will face penalties from August 15, 2026. Photo: VNA According to the Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security, one of the decree’s key provisions strengthens child safety in passenger vehicles. From August 15, drivers carrying children under the age of 10 and shorter...Read More
