State AGs Support Senate Kids Online Safety Act, Oppose House Version

Co nvene. Tra in. S uppor t. February 10, 2026 Honora b le John Thun e Honora b le Mike Joh nson Senate Majo rity Leader House Speaker 511 Dir ksen Senate Bldg. 521 Cann on Hous e Bldg. Wash ing ton, D C, 2051 0 Washington, DC 205 15 Hon orabl e Chuc k Schum er Honorable Ha keem Jeffries Senate Minor ity Leader House Mino rity Leader 322 Hart Sen ate Bldg. 2267 Ray burn Ho use Bl dg. Washington, DC 205 10 Washington, DC 205 15 Honorable Marsha Black burn Honorable Richard Blumenthal Senate Judiciary Committee Senate Judiciary Committee 357 Dirksen Sen ate Bldg. 503 Hart Senate Bldg. Washington, DC 205 10 Washington, DC 205 10 Honorable Brett Guthrie Honora b le Fra nk P all one Chairman Ranking Memb er House Committee on Energy House Committee on Energy and Commer ce and Commer ce 21616 Ray burn House B ldg. 2107 Ra ybur n H ouse B ldg. Washington, DC 205 15 Washin gton, DC 20515 Dear Senators and Representativ es, We, the under signed Attorneys General, as the chief l egal officers of our states, write in support of the Senate version of the bipartisan Kids Online Safet y Act (KOSA), S. 174 8. We recognize the serious and growing threats that social media platforms pose to mino rs. Many social media platf orms deliberately target minors, fueling a nationwide youth mental health crisis. These platforms are intentionally designed to be addictive, pa rticularly for underaged users, and generate substantial profits by monetizing minors’ personal data throug h targeted adverti sing. These companies fail to adequately disclose the addictive nature of their products or the well - documente d harms associat ed wi th excessive soc ial media use. Inc reasing evidence demo nstrates that t hese companies ar e • ® PRESIDENT NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ATTORNEYS GENERAL William Tong Connecticut Attorney General PRESIDENT-ELECT Marty Jackley South Dakota Attorney General VICE PRESIDENT Brian Schwalb District of Columbia Attorney General IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT John Formella New Hampshire Attorney General Brian Kane Executive Director 1850 M Street NW 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 (202) 326-6000 www.naag. org

aware of the a dverse mental health con sequences imposed on u nderage users, yet th ey have ch osen to pe rsist in thes e prac tices. Accord ingl y, many o f our Offices have initiat ed investi gatio ns and fil ed lawsu its again st Meta and T ikTok for their rol e in harm i ng minors. Last year, the AG community expressed our strong support of KOSA. We continue to support t he Sena te ver sion of KOS A, S. 1748, which h as broa d bipa rtis an spon sorshi p and addresses our concern s regarding preemption and Duty of Care. Howev er, we cannot agree wi th a counter part KOSA bill, H.R. 64 84, whi ch has ex pansiv e pree mpti on langua ge included within it. 1 States have pioneered laws that promote online safety for minors. H. R. 6484’s p reemption language wo uld expressl y limit the states’ ab ility to ad dress evol ving online ha rms in the fu ture. We are also concerned about H.R. 6 484’s omission of a Duty of Care, which is a ke y component of the Senate’s KOSA b ill, S. 1748. In lieu of a Duty o f Care, H.R. 6 484 merely requires that companie s have “reasonable policies, pra ctices, and procedures ” that address a limited list of harms. B ut this language will not deliver meanin gful change. Many of these companies already maintain policies about the same limited list of harms — and t ho se self - serving policies have not protected our states’ minors from inj ury. We urge the House to align with S. 1748, which (1) preserves states’ authority to enact laws, rules, or regulations that provide great er protection for min ors; (2) includes a Duty of Care requirement; and (3) expands the enumerate d harms to include suicide, e ating dis order s, compul sive use, other men tal he alth harms, and financ ial harm s. These cha nges will help create a safer online environment f or our children. Sincerel y, Willi am T ong Co nne ct ic ut Atto r ne y Gen er al Anne E. L opez Hawaii Attorney General Dave Yost Ohio Atto rney General Jonathan Skrme tti Tennessee Attorney General 1 See H.R. 6 484, Sec. 10, “Relat ionship to Stat e Laws. ”

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