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
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
In this title:
(1)
Child pornography; minor. The terms child pornography and minor have the meanings given those terms in section 2256 of title 18, United States Code. (2)
Covered platform. The term covered platform means a website or other online platform—
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(2) Minor. The terms minor has the meaning given that term in section 2256 of title 18, United States Code.
(3) Sexual act; sexual contact. The terms sexual act and sexual contact have the meanings given those terms in section 2246 of title 18, United States Code.
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Sexual material harmful to minors. The term sexual material harmful to minors means a picture, image, graphic image file, film, videotape, or other visual depiction that— (A) (i) taken as a whole and with respect to minors, appeals to the prurient interest in nudity, sex, or excretion; (ii) depicts, describes, or represents, in a patently offensive way with respect to what is suitable for minors, an actual or simulated sexual act or sexual contact, actual or simulated normal or perverted sexual acts, or lewd exhibition of the genitals; and (iii) taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value as to minors; or (B) is child pornography. (5)
Technology verification measure. The term technology verification measure means technology that employs a system or process to determine whether it is more likely than not that a user of a covered platform is a minor. (
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) Technology verification measure data. The term technology verification measure data means data that—
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In this title:
(1) Covered platform. The term covered platform means a website or other online platform—
(A) that is accessible by the public;
(B) with respect to which more than one-third of the material made available thereon is sexual material harmful to minors; and
(C) with respect to which the provider of such platform knowingly makes available the sexual material harmful to minors described in subparagraph (B).
(2) Minor. The terms minor has the meaning given that term in section 2256 of title 18, United States Code.
(3) Sexual act; sexual contact. The terms sexual act and sexual contact have the meanings given those terms in section 2246 of title 18, United States Code.
(4) Sexual material harmful to minors. The term sexual material harmful to minors means a picture, image, graphic image file, film, videotape, or other visual depiction that—
(A)
(i) taken as a whole and with respect to minors, appeals to the prurient interest in nudity, sex, or excretion;
(ii) depicts, describes, or represents, in a patently offensive way with respect to what is suitable for minors, an actual or simulated sexual act or sexual contact, actual or simulated normal or perverted sexual acts, or lewd exhibition of the genitals; and
(iii) taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value as to minors; or
(B) is child pornography.
(5) Technology verification measure. The term technology verification measure means technology that employs a system or process to determine whether it is more likely than not that a user of a covered platform is a minor.
(6) Technology verification measure data. The term technology verification measure data means data that—
(A) is collected or processed for the purpose of fulfilling a request by an individual to access a covered platform or material on a covered platform; and
(B) is collected or processed for the purpose of utilizing or providing a technology verification measure pursuant to this title.
II Online Platforms
A Kids Online 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