'Tragically result in deaths': Johnson risks more GOP fury by delaying kids safety act

Lost in the furor over whether Congress can agree on a stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown is another rift over the Kids Online Safety Act, which even has some powerful Republicans at odds with one another. “The House’s active obstruction of the Kids Online Safety Act will tragically result in the deaths of even more children like Jesse,” their statement said. Keep it up, because what kids are experiencing online is terrible, and we’ve got to do something about it.’” Molak said the Senate’s overwhelming bipartisan support left her feeling confident the measure would become law. “There’s just a lot of powerful people who are in support of this bill,” she said, “and if you have an issue with something, you don’t just dig your heels in and not come out with a solution.” Molak said she was aware that Meta has proposed a $10 billion artificial intelligence data center in Louisiana, but she stopped short of saying it has anything to do with Johnson’s stance on KOSA. Voices from the LGBTQ community fear the guidelines could limit their expression online, and the American Civil Liberties Union feels the legislation would control what people can access online and censor protected speech Molak said there was hope that the KOSA provisions would find their way onto the stopgap spending bill lawmakers need to approve in order to prevent a government shutdown this weekend.