H.R. 7757
KIDS Act
Sponsor: Brett Guthrie
1 cosponsor
Official summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service.
Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act or the KIDS Act
This bill requires specified online platforms to establish safeguards for minors. The safeguards include (1) limiting access to specified sexual material, (2) providing parental controls on social media and online video game platforms, and (3) requiring artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to disclose certain information to users who are minors.
First, publicly available online platforms on which more than one-third of the content is considered sexual material harmful to minors under the bill must adopt technology to identify minors and prevent them from accessing such material.
Next, social media platforms must (1) implement default settings for minors that limit compulsive usage features and the ability of other users to communicate with minors, and (2) provide tools for parents to manage the privacy and account settings of a minor. Social media platforms may not allow ephemeral messaging features for minors.
The bill also requires online video game platforms to provide tools that allow parents to (1) limit communication between a minor and other users of the platform, and (2) restrict purchases by a minor on the platform.
Further, providers of AI chatbots must disclose to users who are minors (1) that the chatbot is an AI system and not a human, and (2) suicide and crisis intervention hotline information.
Finally, the bill requires specified studies and reports about the effects of social media platforms on minors and provides for enforcement of the bill's requirements by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general.
Text of the bill
I Shielding Minors from Obscenity
II Online Platforms
A Kids Online Safety
Where this section came from
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Mar 3, 2026 · Introduced in House Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary, Mar 3 Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Mar 3
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Jun 29, 2026 · Engrossed in House On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended — Passed, 267–117 · Roll Call 228
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(b) Considerations. The policies, practices, and procedures required by subsection (a) shall be appropriate to
each of
the
following: (1) The
size and complexity of the covered platform.
(2) The technical feasibility of addressing the harms described in subsection (a).
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(a) In general. A provider of a covered platform shall establish, implement, maintain, and enforce reasonable policies, practices, and procedures that address the following harms to minors:
(1) Threats of physical violence so severe, pervasive, or objectively offensive that such threats impact a major life activity of a minor.
(2) Sexual exploitation and abuse.
(3) Distribution, sale, or use of narcotic drugs, tobacco products, cannabis products, gambling, or alcohol.
(4) Any financial harm caused by deceptive practices.
(b) Considerations. The policies, practices, and procedures required by subsection (a) shall be appropriate to the size and complexity of the covered platform.
(c) Rules of construction. Nothing in subsection (a) may be construed to—
(1) require a provider of a covered platform to prevent or preclude any minor from—
(A) deliberately and independently searching for, or specifically requesting, content; or
(B) accessing resources and information regarding the prevention or mitigation of the harms described in subsection (a); or
(2) impose a duty of care on a provider of a covered platform.
B Stop Profiling Youth and Kids
III Social Gaming Platforms
IV Artificial Intelligence Chatbots
V Research, Education, and Best Practices for Protecting Minors Online
A Research
1 Safe Social Media Act
2 No Fentanyl on Social Media Act
3 Assessing Safety Tools for Parents and Minors Act
4 Study on chatbots and mental health of minors
B Education
1 Promoting a Safe Internet for Minors Act
2 AI Warnings And Resources for Education (AWARE) Act
C Partnerships and Best Practices
VI Kids Privacy Protections
A COPPA 2.0
B Data Broker Disclosures
VII General Provisions