KOSA stands for Kids Online Safety Act, which is a bill introduced in the United States Senate by Senators Richard Blumenthal and Marsha Blackburn in February 2022 and reintroduced in May 2023. The bill aims to establish guidelines meant to protect minors on social media platforms. The bill charges individual state attorneys general with enforcing the bill. KOSA requires social media platforms to put the interests of minors under 16 first by requiring platforms to make safety the default and to give kids and parents tools to help prevent the destructive impact of social media. The legislation would require social media platforms to issue annual independent audits that identify the risks of harm to minors. It would also support access to data for experts and academic researchers to conduct independent research. However, the bill has been criticized by civil rights organizations for potentially enabling censorship, including of material important to marginalized groups. The bills supporters might want to ignore the fact that its a censorship bill in disguise, but some organizations have openly said KOSA will.