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PartialChildren's online safety / technology

Advance and enact the Kids Online Safety Act to require online platforms to protect minors and give parents more control over their children's data. (Statement following Senate passage of the children's online safety/privacy legislation package in 2024.)

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PartialFact-checker reviewConfidence: 85%

The two-part promise ("advance AND enact" KOSA) is correctly rated PARTIAL. Verification of the cited sources confirms: (1) Klobuchar advanced/sustained the effort — the Klobuchar Senate press release (directly fetched) confirms her role as a COSPONSOR of KOSA and contains both quoted phrases verbatim; she was part of the July 2024 Senate passage and cosponsored the 2025 reintroduction. (2) The "enact" half is unmet — the Wikipedia article (directly fetched) confirms KOSA did not pass the House, was not enacted, died at the end of the 118th Congress ("No further actions were taken on the bill before the end of the 118th Congress, nullifying its progress"), and was reintroduced as S.1748 in the 119th Congress (sponsor Blackburn R-TN, 75 cosponsors, referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, still pending). Wikipedia also confirms the leads are Blumenthal (D-CT) and Blackburn (R-TN), not Klobuchar — so CHAMPIONED is correctly ruled out. The Axios source returned HTTP 403 on direct fetch (bot-block, not a dead link); its substance was independently corroborated via WebSearch and multiple reputable outlets (Washington Times, NBC News, IAPP, Crowell & Moring): the House passed H.R. 7757 (KIDS Act) on June 29, 2026, dropping KOSA's duty-of-care provision, with lead sponsor Blumenthal calling it "dead in the Senate." The rating does not overstate the evidence: not enacted (rules out FULL), a cosponsor not the driver (rules out CHAMPIONED), and the advancement half genuinely accomplished with the bill still alive (rules out ATTEMPTED). PARTIAL stands.

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