The U.S. Senate today passed the Kids Online Safety Act by a vote of 91 to 3.

If the bill passes the House, it will mark the first time in 25 years that Congress has passed a bill aimed at better protecting children from dangers online.

Stephanie Sigh has our coverage.

In a violence to hate speech. Among other things, the act, dubbed Kosa,

establishes duty of care.

That's a legal term requiring social media companies

and other platforms like gaming sites

to reasonably mitigate harm.

Companies would have to disable addictive content and limit features that extend the time

spent on platforms.

It allows kids to opt out of personalized algorithm

recommendations and limits others from communicating directly with

children. But some are concerned. The bill violates First Amendment

freedoms could lead to censorship and could prevent marginalized individuals

from getting important information. For a closer look, I'm joined by Ava Smithing of the Young People's Alliance, which supported Kosa's passing.

Ava, thanks so much for being on the news hour.

You know, there are a wide range of threats to kids we've covered on

this program from sextortion to harmful content how much can we expect this

bill to do to actually protect kids online?

Mm-hmm well there's a couple of reasons I think this bill will be incredibly effective at protecting

kids online.

The first is when you mentioned with the duty of care that would place the onus on the tech companies

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