Parents for Safe Online Spaces (ParentsSOS) issued the following statement in response to Senator Ted Cruz’s remarks to reporters regarding his intention to pass kids digital safety bills this year:
“We appreciate that Senator Cruz said today that he is ‘hopeful that we will get digital safety bills, including the Kids Online Safety Act, passed in the full Senate and that we reach agreement with the House.’ Sen. Cruz promised us in May that KOSA would be signed into law this year, and it’s time for him to work with other leaders in Congress and deliver on that promise.
“Families across America cannot wait any longer for lawmakers to implement common-sense guardrails on social media platforms. Children are being harmed as we speak; Congress must take action to pass KOSA now.
“In honor of the children we have lost and in order to protect future generations, we implore this Congress to be on the right side of history and pass KOSA this year.” ▪
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