Kids Online Safety Act is not UK-style overreach

Congress is faced with a controversial piece of legislation: the Kids Online Safety Act. Designed to mitigate internet-based harms to children, the bill has been negatively compared to another similarly named piece of legislation, Britain’s Online Safety Act. This comparison is misguided at best, and it should be dismissed by Congress as it considers the KOSA.

Britain’s Online Safety Act is, to be clear, a truly abominable piece of legislation. The bill requires “user-to-user” and “search services,” essentially any website or online messenger service, to block material that could be harmful to children. At the time of passage, the British technology minister said the bill would take “a zero-tolerance approach to protecting children from online harm, while empowering adults with more choices over what they see online.”

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