{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/senate-passes-hawley-backed-bipartisan-legislation-to-protect-kids-online-hold-big-tech-accountable-for-child-exploitation/", "Senate Passes Hawley-Backed Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Kids Online, Hold Big Tech Accountable for Child Exploitation", "2024-08-01", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Josh Hawley", "H001089", "www.hawley.senate.gov", "hawley", "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "This week the Senate passed the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), cosponsored by U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), to fight back against Big Tech\u2019s targeting of kids online.\n\n\u201cDespite Big Tech\u2019s endless lobbying, the Senate has taken a serious first step this week toward keeping kids safe online. The next step is to take the fight to the platforms\u2014to give parents the right to sue. America\u2019s sons and daughters deserve justice, not exploitation,\u201d said Senator Hawley.\n\nSenator Hawley has led the charge to hold Big Tech companies accountable for their platforms\u2019 harmful algorithms and prolific dissemination of child sexual abuse material since coming to the U.S. Senate.\n\nIn January of this year, Senator Hawley forced Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to apologize to families of child exploitation victims during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing after citing horrifying statistics of minors\u2019 interactions with sexually explicit material on Facebook and Instagram.\n\nSenator Hawley has worked across the political aisle to advance the STOP CSAM Act which would crack down on child sexual abuse material social media channels host online.\n\nHe also introduced the Parental Data Rights Act this Congress, legislation that would require Big Tech companies to give parents control over their children\u2019s data and hold accountable companies that fail to comply.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:41:32Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/senate-passes-hawley-backed-bipartisan-legislation-to-protect-kids-online-hold-big-tech-accountable-for-child-exploitation/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1428100988268852, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}