Nearly 100 digital and kids safety groups have collectively rolled their eyes at the latest version of a kids online safety package, the KIDS Act, which could hit the House floor as early as next Monday under a fast-tracked process. In a letter sent Friday, the groups expressed their deep concern that the Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act, which includes the landmark Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), actually weakens proposed protections for online users and, in their words, “lets Big Tech off the hook.”

Signatories include the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE), the youth-led coalition Design It for Us, the tech watchdog group Tech Oversight Project, and AI safety advocacy group Encode. So it's not just a few concerned parents with a blog - it's a coalition of organizations that spend their days worrying about exactly this kind of thing. They're hoping House leaders will listen, even as the legislative express train chugs toward the floor.