Senators Target Revival of Landmark Kids’ Online Safety Measure

May 12, 2025, 10:45 PM UTC

A major bipartisan measure that aims to protect children against online harms will be reintroduced in the coming days, US Senator Richard Blumenthal, lead sponsor of the bill, told Bloomberg Government in a hallway interview on Capitol Hill.

  • “We are close,” Blumenthal (D-Conn.) says, “I’ll know in a couple of hours. I’m just going to get a report from my team. But I would think before the end of this work period”
  • Blumenthal says no major changes expected from the bill’s last version, which would require tech companies to prevent harms to their youngest users
  • Sen. Marsha Blackburn ...

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