COPPA 2.0
What it does
COPPA 2.0 extends children's privacy rules to everyone under 17, bans targeted ads to minors, adds a delete button for their data, and limits how much a platform can collect. It changes the old actual-knowledge standard, which critics say forces platforms to work out how old each user is.
Why it matters
To protect under-17s a platform has to know who is under 17, and the reliable way to know is to check everyone. That is age verification wearing a privacy label.
Our take
The data limits are real, and the Senate passed it without objection. But a bill that makes platforms figure out every user's age pushes the same identity checks we oppose everywhere else. Ending anonymity is the loss that counts, whatever privacy wins ride alongside.
Cosponsors (21)
Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Committee
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Timeline
- March 4, 2025Introduced
- March 4, 2025Referred to committee
- June 25, 2025Reported by committee
- March 5, 2026Passed Senate
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