<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></div><div><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://isoc.live/19906" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><img class="gmail-alignright gmail-size-medium gmail-wp-image-19932" src="https://i0.wp.com/isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/house-kids.png?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1" alt="ISOC LIVE" width="300" height="169" style="height: auto; max-width: 98%; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); float: right; padding: 2px; margin: 0px 0px 2px 7px; display: block; clear: none; vertical-align: top;"></a><strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="https://youtu.be/gFCluhojZFM" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">VIDEO</a> | <a href="https://archive.org/download/house-kids/house-kids.mp3" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">AUDIO</a> | <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/145542287/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">RECAP</a> |  <a href="https://archive.org/details/house-kids" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">ARCHIVE</a> | <a href="https://isoc.live/19906" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">PERMALINK</a></strong></p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">On <strong style="font-weight:bold">December 2, 2025</strong>, the <strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="https://energycommerce.house.gov/news/commerce-manufacturing-and-trade" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade</a> </strong>held a hearing titled ‘<strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="https://energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairmen-guthrie-and-bilirakis-announce-legislative-hearing-on-protections-for-children-and-teens-online" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">Legislative Solutions to Protect Children and Teens Online</a></strong>‘. The hearing examined nearly 20 bills forming a proposed comprehensive federal framework for youth online safety, including KOSA, COPPA 2.0, age verification, chatbot regulation, app design safeguards, parental controls, and FTC enforcement authorities. A follow up <strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="https://energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairmen-guthrie-and-bilirakis-announce-cmt-subcommittee-markup-of-online-safety-bills" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">markup session had been announced</a></strong> for <strong style="font-weight:bold"><strong style="font-weight:bold">December 11, 2025</strong></strong></p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">WITNESSES</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Marc Berkman – </strong>Chief Executive Officer, Organization for Social Media Safety<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Joel Thayer</strong> – President, Digital Progres<span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span>s Institute<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Paul Lekas</strong> – Executive Vice President, Software & Information Industry Association<br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Kate Ruane</strong> – Director of the Free Expression Project, Center for Democracy & Technology</p><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>-</div></div></div></div></div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>--------------------------------------<br>Joly MacFie  +1<span title="Call with Google Voice">2185659365</span> </div><div>--------------------------------------</div>-</div></div></div></div></div></div>