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Dozens of states ask Congress to un-doom the Kids Online Safety Act

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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge

A group of state attorneys general are pushing Congress to pass the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), which has stalled in the House of Representatives thanks to concerns over online censorship. An open letter published today is signed by 32 attorneys general, including those of 31 states and the District of Columbia. It urges leaders of both parties in the House and Senate to vote on the bill before the current congressional session ends early next year.

“While an increasingly online world has improved many aspects of our material well-being, prolific internet usage negatively impacts our children,” reads the letter, whose signatories include the attorneys general of Florida, New Mexico, and New York. “KOSA will establish better safeguards…

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