Coalition warns 80% of kids have been exposed to porn, backs age-verification bill

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., shares details on the Kids Online Safety Act expected to pass the Senate with major support on 'Fox & Friends Weekend.' FIRST ON FOX — Nearly 80% of children ages 12 to 17 have been exposed to sexually explicit material, according to a coalition of two dozen conservative and pro-family organizations urging Congress to pass legislation requiring age verification on pornography websites. The groups are backing Republican Indiana Sen. Jim Banks' SAFE for Kids Act, arguing that a federal standard is needed to prevent minors from accessing online pornography and to replace what they describe as an ineffective patchwork of state laws. "More than 90% of parents worry about their children’s online safety and more than half agree that politicians aren’t taking this issue seriously enough," the groups wrote in a letter first obt