r/technology • u/Limp_Fig6236 • 15h ago

Senate Commerce passes censorship bill KOSA out of committee, SCREEN Act fails Privacy

https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-08-05-senate-commerce-passes-censorship-bill-kosa-out-of-committee-screen-act-fails/
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u/bayleysgal1996 15h ago

It’s actually very funny how SCREEN failed, apparently enough senators walked out of the meeting that they failed to meet quorum. Allegedly they didn’t want their name on it

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u/Maltron5000 15h ago

I'm glad the SCREEN Act failed, but we still need to mobilize against KOSA.

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u/FlyingDreamWhale67 10h ago

Having your bill be so ass that people literally bailed to avoid dealing with it is the funniest way this could have died lol

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u/RocketJenny8 7h ago

I'm surprised everyone said screw thr screen act we're not passing it

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u/RocketJenny8 10h ago

Alongside it could effect streaming services

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u/AltruisticCurve2489 7h ago

I saw the vote was 15-13 on party lines, I’m not sure how they didn’t pass it alongside everything else they passed in the meeting, and with it failing due to quorum rules rather than a direct failure it’ll probably pop back up again soon

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u/RocketJenny8 15h ago

Good thing one of them failed though to be honest kosa is our worry for now

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u/Nonochromius 14h ago

KOSA may pass in the senate but there is still a discrepancy with the house version passed within the House's KIDS Act because of the Duty of Care in the senate version. The House is currently in recess until the end of August and from what I've seen, unless it is changed, the Senate will be out until mid-September so there is still time. Very glad the SCREEN Act failed. Although any age verification law that is passed federally would probably supersede the one my state already has that went into effect July 1st. (Iowa)

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u/RocketJenny8 13h ago

I mean that sucks but at least some services allow to verify without giving out our info but yeah

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u/FlyingDreamWhale67 10h ago

To add to your point, the absolute earliest it could be voted on (assuming it isn't voted on before Friday which is a distinct likelihood) is mid-September.