Senate Passes COPPA 2.0
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Publish Date: 2026-03-10 12:32:00
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Published: March 10, 2026
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By India McCarty
The U.S. Senate officially passed the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act, known as COPPA 2.0.
“This bill expands the current law protecting our kids online to ensure companies cannot collect personal information from anyone under the age of 17,” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said in a statement about the act’s passing. “This is a big step forward for protecting our kids. We hope the House can join us. They haven’t thus far.”
COPPA 2.0 expands upon the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, addressing modern problems like targeted advertising towards minors.
BREAKING: The Senate has unanimously passed COPPA 2.0 – the Children and Teen’s Online Privacy and Protection Act.
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This bill EXPANDS the current law protecting our kids online to ensure companies cannot collect personal information from anyone under the age of 17. This is really…
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) March 5, 2026
This isn’t the only bill focused on children’s online safety that is currently being discussed — the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted to send the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act to the House floor for a full vote.
U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FLA) called the KIDS Act “the most comprehensive online safety package” the Energy and Commerce Committee has put before the House of Representatives, explaining that it limits potentially addictive features, blocks geolocation tracking features for minors and turns off algorithms on children’s devices.
“[The KIDS Act] is a combination of years of hearings, evidence gathering, heartfelt testimony and the social media questioning this committee led under several chairs in the past,” Bilirakis said. “We’ve all heard the stories that in a matter of days, kids can be sucked into an algorithm that twists [their]…
