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- Senator Ted Cruz, Senate Commerce Committee chair, pledged support for the Kids Online Safety Act at an event on May 12, 2026.
- The bill would require platforms to exercise care when designing features that affect minors’ eating disorders, depression, or sexual harassment.
- Cruz backed similar proposals but did not schedule a committee vote in the 119th Congress.
- Parents who say they lost children to online harms attended the May 12 gathering.
