A law called the Kids Online Safety Act, or KOSA, passed with a 91-3 bipartisan majority in the US Senate only to be derailed by a massive lobbying effort by Meta.
Parents who have lost children to drug dealers, suicide, and predators on social media were left heartbroken again.
Later this year, Meta will face a trial brought by multiple US states who allege the company has addicted teens and damaged millions of young people’s lives for profit.