Linda Yaccarino says X worked with the authors of the Kids Online Safety Act to make changes to protect freedom of speech and urges the House to pass the bill
Their version of freedom of speech actually fosters a toxic environment, especially for minors. #InformationPolicy [embedded post] Karl / @brainnotonyet : This is just one reason kosa cannot be allowed to pass the techno fascists are crafting parts of it. [embedded post] @wagatwe.com : this is how you know it's bad [embedded post] X: Richard Blumenthal / @senblumenthal : Led by X, the new changes made to the Kids Online Safety Act strengthen the bill while safeguarding free speech online & ensuring it is not used to stifle expression. Sen. Marsha Blackburn / @marshablackburn : Led by X, the new changes made to the Kids Online Safety Act strengthen the bill while safeguarding free speech online and ensuring it is not used to stifle expression. These changes should eliminate once and for all the false narrative that this bill would be weaponized by Linda Yaccarino / @lindayax : At X, protecting our children is our top priority. As I've always said, freedom of speech and safety can and must coexist. And as a mother, it's personal. When X testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee last January, we committed to working with Congress on child safety Fairplay / @fairplayforkids : THIS is what corporate responsibility looks like. While Meta spends tens of millions to lobby against life-saving legislation, @X makes a stand for children and families @Meta, stop lobbying against the Kids Online Safety Act #PassKOSA Mario Nawfal / @marionawfal : 🚨🇺🇸KIDS ONLINE SAFETY ACT: A GAME-CHANGER FOR MINORS' ONLINE SAFETY Children spend 5-8 hours daily online, but Big Tech prioritizes profits over safety. The bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) aims to change that, holding platforms accountable for harmful content like [image] Eleanor K. Gaetan / @ekgaetan : Thank you @Lindayax. You and @elonmusk will literally SAVE LIVES by helping us #PassKOSA. @NCOSE @fairplayforkids @SMHWebEditor @rights4girls @DawnHawkins33 Richard Blumenthal / @senblumenthal : These changes should eliminate once&for all the false narrative that this bill would be weaponized by unelected bureaucrats to censor Americans. @MarshaBlackburn &I thank Elon&Linda for their commitment to protecting kids online&for helping get this bill across the finish line. Richard Blumenthal / @senblumenthal : We appreciate that this endorsement & revised text reflects their publicly stated goal of furthering free speech without fear of censorship. We reiterate X's call to pass KOSA by the end of the year—it is clear that this legislation has overwhelming support from Congress. Sen. Marsha Blackburn / @marshablackburn : Thank you, @elonmusk and @lindayaX, for your leadership. We can protect our children online and our freedom of speech! Elon Musk / @elonmusk : @lindayaX Protecting kids should always be priority #1
Context & Ripple Effects
KOSA reached the House after the Senate approved it 91–3, following a push to bring the measure to a vote. The legislation has remained contested over how child-safety duties interact with speech and data-collection concerns raised when the bill advanced from committee.
X had already joined Microsoft in supporting KOSA while Meta, Discord, and TikTok withheld full backing. Its work on speech-related revisions now turns that earlier split among major platforms over KOSA into a more concrete intervention in the House-stage debate.
First-order effects
- X publicly aligns itself with the revised bill and its House passage, giving KOSA supporters a prominent platform-company advocate alongside its Senate backers.
- The revisions put freedom-of-expression safeguards at the center of X's support, rather than treating child protection and speech concerns as separate debates.
Second-order effects
- Other platforms that previously declined full support may face pressure to explain whether the revised text addresses their objections, especially after the Senate's overwhelming approval moved the bill to the House.
- House deliberations are more likely to focus on the operational boundary between platform safety obligations and protected expression, the issue critics had flagged during the bill's committee advance.
Third-order effects
- If this model persists, major platforms may seek to shape safety legislation through negotiated implementation and speech safeguards rather than simply backing or opposing bills wholesale.
- The episode points to a broader shift toward distribution-layer accountability rules whose durability will depend on whether lawmakers can define safety duties without creating broad content-control mandates.
The trend: Online-safety policymaking is increasingly becoming a negotiation over platform accountability, speech protections, and the practical design of enforcement duties.