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On December 2, 2025, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing titled ‘Legislative Solutions to Protect Children and Teens Online‘. The hearing examined nearly 20 bills forming a proposed comprehensive federal framework for youth online safety, including KOSA, COPPA 2.0, age verification, chatbot regulation, app design safeguards, parental controls, and FTC enforcement authorities. A follow up markup session had been announced for December 11, 2025
WITNESSES
Marc Berkman – Chief Executive Officer, Organization for Social Media Safety
Joel Thayer – President, Digital Progress Institute
Paul Lekas – Executive Vice President, Software & Information Industry Association
Kate Ruane – Director of the Free Expression Project, Center for Democracy & Technology
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