The Engine Team 9/11/26 The Engine Team 9/11/26

Startup News Digest 09/11/26

Congress returns with consequential startup policy fights unresolved

The Engine Team 9/11/26 The Engine Team 9/11/26

The Kids’ Online Safety State Patchwork Status

As most state legislatures have adjourned for the year, they’re leaving behind an increasingly complicated patchwork of rules that are aimed at keeping young Internet users safe but create a variety of obligations, prohibitions, and compliance burdens for startups—especially for startups that don’t intend to, or knowingly interact, with young users.

The Engine Team 3/3/26 The Engine Team 3/3/26

Implications for startups of House online safety package

This week, a key House committee will consider a trove of online safety proposals, marking movement on one of the many intractable tech policy issues Congress perennially debates but rarely advances to the president’s desk. The proposed legislation comes with potential for a big impact on how startups design customer experiences, deliver their services, and interact with their users—regardless of those users’ ages.

The Engine Team 3/31/25 The Engine Team 3/31/25

Startup News Digest 03/31/25

Congress charges ahead on ‘kids’ safety,’ despite tradeoffs

Kate Tummarello 3/30/25 Kate Tummarello 3/30/25

Lawmakers are feeling the heat on kids’ safety, but are they willing to grapple with the tradeoffs?

Lawmakers in Congress and in state legislatures are under pressure from parents and advocacy groups to change Internet law to “keep kids safe online”.