US Senate passes major online child safety reforms, House fate unclear


FILE PHOTO Children play quotPokemon GOquot on the Pokequan GoBoat Adventure Cruise in the Occoquan River in the small town of Occoquan Virginia U.S. August 14 2016. REUTERSSait Serkan GurbuzFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: Children play "Pokemon GO" on the Pokequan GoBoat Adventure Cruise in the Occoquan River in the small town of Occoquan, Virginia, U.S. August 14, 2016. REUTERS/Sait Serkan Gurbuz/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate passed major online child safety reforms in a nearly unanimous vote on Tuesday, although the legislation, which has drawn mixed reactions from the tech industry, faces an uncertain fate in the House of Representatives.

Two bills - the Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act and the Kids Online Safety Act, nicknamed COPPA 2.0 and KOSA - would need to pass in the Republican-controlled House, currently on recess until September, to become law.

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