House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) cautioned Republicans against rushing to pass a bill to protect kids and teens online on Tuesday as the GOP prepares to take control of both the White House and Congress.

While he said he is "100 percent" supportive of the principles behind the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), he still has concerns about the measure's implications for free speech.

"But you got to get this one right," he told reporters during a House leadership briefing Tuesday. "When you're...dealing with the regulation of free speech, you can't go too far and it be overbroad, but you want to achieve those objectives. So, it's essential that we get this issue right."

"We are very optimistic that it's not done this year, that we can do that early next year with our Republican majorities, because it's the Republican Party that has been working aggressively to protect children online," he added.

If passed, KOSA would create regulations for........

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