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

2 No Fentanyl on Social Media Act

3 Assessing Safety Tools for Parents and Minors Act

Sec. 516. Industry review and report 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

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(1) initiate a review of industry efforts to promote online safety for minors through education, parental and child safety tools, age-appropriate labels for content, privacy and other safety settings, or and any other relevant technologies or initiatives; and

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(b) Submission of report. Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the Committee relevant on congressional Commerce, committees Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report with the any findings and recommendations resulting from the review described and in examination required by subsection (a). (c) 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.

(a) Review. Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission, in consultation with industry, parents, individuals with expertise in communications technologies, parental controls, privacy, and mental health, and any other appropriate entities as determined by the Commission, shall—

(1) initiate a review of industry efforts to promote online safety for minors through education, parental and child safety tools, age-appropriate labels for content, privacy and other safety settings, and any other relevant technologies or initiatives; and

(2) examine the effectiveness of industry efforts identified under paragraph (1) to mitigate online harms for minors and provide recommendations for industry, Congress, and agencies to improve online safety for minors.

(b) Submission of report. Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the relevant congressional committees a report with any findings and recommendations resulting from the review and examination required by subsection (a).

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