H.R. 7757

KIDS Act

Sponsor: Brett Guthrie

1 cosponsor
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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

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I Shielding Minors from Obscenity

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

Sec. 512. Report by Commission on social media use by minors Changed · Jun 29

Where this section came from

  1. 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
  2. Jun 29, 2026 · Engrossed in House On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended — Passed, 267–117 · Roll Call 228
What changed in the text

(a) In general. The Commission, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use), shall — do the following: (1) conduct Conduct a study on social media platform use by minors, including with respect to — the following: (A) what What personal information is collected by social media platforms with respect to minors ; . (B) how How such personal information is used by the algorithms of the social media platforms ; . (C) how How such personal information is used with respect to targeted advertising ; . (D) how How often minors use social media platforms daily ; . (E) differences Differences in use of social media platforms related to the age ranges of minors ; . (F) mental Mental health effects on minors linked to the use of social media platforms ; . and (G) potential Potential harmful effects and benefits for minors from extended social media platform use ; . and (2) not Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit to Congress the relevant congressional committees a report on the findings of the study conducted under paragraph (1), including any recommended policy changes based on such findings. (b) Exemption. Subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the Paperwork Reduction Act) does not apply to this section.

The Commission, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use), shall do the following:

(1) Conduct a study on social media platform use by minors, including with respect to the following:

(A) What personal information is collected by social media platforms with respect to minors.

(B) How such personal information is used by the algorithms of the social media platforms.

(C) How such personal information is used with respect to targeted advertising.

(D) How often minors use social media platforms daily.

(E) Differences in use of social media platforms related to the age ranges of minors.

(F) Mental health effects on minors linked to the use of social media platforms.

(G) Potential harmful effects and benefits for minors from extended social media platform use.

(2) Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit to the relevant congressional committees a report on the findings of the study conducted under paragraph (1), including any recommended policy changes based on such findings.

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