Rep. Tony Gonzales working on a bill to protect kids’ safety online [Video]

SAN ANTONIO — While kids are headed back to school, Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX 23) is focused on ensuring their safety as they return to the classroom.

He is backing a bill in Congress that would protect children while they are online while also involving social media companies in the effort. It’s called the Kids Online Safety Act, or KOSA.

“It gives parents the tools to provide safeguards and kind of track their children’s online activity,” Rep. Gonzales said in an interveiw on KENS 5 News at 6 Friday. “The other part of it…it encourages social media platforms to prevent against sexual exploitation and cyberbullying, which we see on the rise. And the third piece, it holds these social media platforms accountable for these ads they are sending to our children.”

The congressman worked with Maurine Molak, an Alamo …