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) Timing. A covered platform shall establish an internal process to receive and substantively respond to a report submitted under subsection (a)(1) in a reasonable and timely manner, but in no case later than—
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(a) Reporting tools. A provider of a covered platform shall provide each of the following:
(1) A readily accessible and easy-to-use means for a user of or visitor to the covered platform to submit a report to the covered platform of any harm to a minor related to the use of the covered platform.
(2) An electronic point of contact specific to matters involving harms to a minor.
(3) Confirmation of the receipt of any such report and, within the applicable time period described in subsection (b), a substantive response to the user or visitor who submitted the report.
(b) Timing. A covered platform shall establish an internal process to receive and substantively respond to a report submitted under subsection (a)(1) in a reasonable and timely manner, but in no case later than—
(1) 10 days after the date on which the report is received; or
(2) if the report involves an imminent threat to the safety of a minor, the date that is as prompt as needed to address the reported threat to safety.
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