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Legislative & Legal Timeline — Children's Online Safety
reference-timeline . retrieved 2026-06-28
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Legislative & Legal Timeline
Dated spine of the whole subject. Legislation in **bold**; court rulings in *italics*.
/ Date / Event /
/------/-------/
/ 1996 / **Communications Decency Act (CDA)** enacted (Title V) /
/ 1997 / *Reno v. ACLU* — SCOTUS strikes CDA indecency provisions; **§230 survives** /
/ 1998 / **COPA (Child Online Protection Act)** enacted — never takes effect /
/ 1998 / **COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act)** enacted (under-13 privacy) /
/ Apr 2000 / COPPA takes effect; FTC enforces (16 CFR Part 312) /
/ 2004 / *Ashcroft v. ACLU* — SCOTUS holds COPA unconstitutional /
/ 2009 / COPA permanently enjoined /
/ 2013 / FTC updates COPPA Rule /
/ 2021 / **Frances Haugen "Facebook Files"** leak & Senate testimony — the catalyst /
/ Feb 16 2022 / **KOSA introduced** (Blumenthal D-CT, Blackburn R-TN); COPPA 2.0 in parallel /
/ Jul 2022 / Senate Commerce advances KOSA & COPPA 2.0; both die in 117th Congress /
/ Sep 15 2022 / **California AADC (AB 2273)** signed — first US age-appropriate design code /
/ May 2 2023 / **KOSA reintroduced** (118th) after Biden SOTU push /
/ 2023–24 / KOSA revised: duty of care narrowed; **state-AG enforcement of it removed** /
/ Jul 30 2024 / **Senate passes KOSA + COPPA 2.0, 91–3** (Kids Online Safety & Privacy Act) /
/ Jul 2024 / *Moody v. NetChoice* — SCOTUS: platform content moderation is protected editorial speech (remanded) /
/ Sep 18 2024 / House E&C subcommittee markup; duty-of-care amendments widen Senate gap /
/ Jan 2025 / 118th Congress ends — **KOSA dies in the House**, progress nullified /
/ May 2025 / **KOSA reintroduced as S.1748** (Blackburn, Blumenthal, Thune, Schumer); COPPA 2.0 as S.836 / H.R.6291 /
/ Jun 27 2025 / *Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton* — SCOTUS 6–3 **upholds** TX age-verification (intermediate scrutiny) /
/ 2025 / App-store age-verification laws pass (Utah, Texas SB 2420, Louisiana); multiple NetChoice injunctions /
/ Mar 5 2026 / **Senate passes COPPA 2.0 (S.836) by unanimous consent** /
/ Mar 12 2026 / *NetChoice v. Bonta* — 9th Cir. second decision on California AADC /
/ Jun 2026 / House E&C bipartisan deal → **KIDS Act (H.R. 7757)**: KOSA w/o duty of care + design-feature bans + state preemption + COPPA 2.0 + SAFE Bots + others /
/ **Jun 29 2026** / **House passes H.R. 7757, 267–117** ← *the recently passed bill* /
/ Jun–Jul 2026 / Blumenthal: House KOSA "dead in the Senate"; Sen. Cruz (Commerce Chair) plans own **Senate markup in July**; WH/Blackburn negotiate rival bundle (KOSA + App Store Accountability + NO FAKES + preemption) /
/ Jul 9 2026 / *SCOTUS declines to block* **Texas app-store age-verification law (SB 2420)** — takes effect while litigation continues /
/ → next / Senate Commerce markup (July); reconciliation of duty of care & preemption across ≥3 vehicles **(unresolved)** /
*Nothing on this list has become law. Latest status:
[[../What to Watch/UPDATE-2026-07-11]] (supersedes the outlook doc's near-term read).*
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