WASHINGTON, DC (June 10, 2026) – The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) called on the U.S. House to reject the “Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act” (KIDS Act H.R. 7757) as it would restrict the ability of states to protect children from online harms. News reports indicate the U.S. House will vote on the KIDS Act in the coming weeks.
A bipartisan coalition of 44 attorneys general sent a letter to Congressional leadership also opposing the KIDS Act.
“The KIDS Act is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, disguised as a bill that will protect children but in effect, does little. Shockingly, the KIDS Act gives Big Tech control over what they will and will not do to protect children online. If passed, Big Tech will escape any meaningful liability for harms caused on their platforms and strong state child safety protections will be eliminated. Kids are at great risk online as they are targeted for child sexual abuse, sextortion, sex trafficking, and Congress must recognize the KIDS Act will do nothing to protect kids from those or other serious harms,” said Haley McNamara, Executive Director and Chief Strategy Officer, National Center on Sexual Exploitation.
“It is telling when child advocates and attorneys general oppose an online child safety bill, as is the case with the KIDS Act. States must be able to enact their own protections, as many have done. What has overwhelming bipartisan support is the strong Senate version of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), which benefits children via a legally actionable ‘Duty of Care’ which effectively ensures tech platforms take ‘reasonable care’ when designing the platform to prevent and mitigate certain harms to children.”
About National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE)
Founded in 1962, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) is the leading national non-profit organization exposing the links between all forms of sexual exploitation such as child sexual abuse, prostitution, sex trafficking and the public health harms of pornography.
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