Children online safety bills breeze through Senate in rare bipartisan win

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The Senate on Tuesday passed legislation nearly unanimously that is aimed at protecting minors from possibly dangerous online content, delivering lawmakers a major bipartisan victory as partisan politics dominate ahead of November.

The bill included two measures: the Kids Online Safety Act and updates to the existing Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act. The package cleared the upper chamber 91-3 and now heads to the House, which is on a six-week summer break until September.

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