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KOSA Advances Out Of House Committee, But Cracks Are Showing

This morning, the House Energy and Commerce Committee held a pretty long markup about KOSA, COPPA 2.0, and other bills. The quick summary is that both of those bills passed out of committee and cou…

“I think it’s important today to move it forward with the promise and acknowledgment that we…I don’t know that I could support this version if it comes to the House floor in this manner, but I trust Chair [Cathy] McMorris Rodgers [R-Wash.] and her leadership.” It sounds as though many offices, both Republican and Democrat, are concerned about how they will allow the opposing party tremendous leeway in potentially pressuring internet companies to take down speech they dislike. If both parties are worrying about how the other side might use KOSA to censor content, perhaps everyone can meet in the middle and admit that this is an unconstitutional, First Amendment-ignoring censorship bill, and dump the whole thing in the trash?

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