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
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
Where this section came from
Not in the first version (Introduced in House, 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
(a) Amendment. Subtitle A of the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act (15 U.S.C. 6551 et seq.) is amended—
(1) by striking sections 211 through 214 and 216 and inserting the following:
211. Public awareness and educational campaign. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Commission, in partnership with the heads of other relevant agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit organizations, schools, industry, law enforcement, medical professionals, and other appropriate entities, shall carry out a program throughout the United States to promote the safe use of the internet by minors that includes the following:
(1) The identification, promotion, and encouragement of best practices for educators, online platforms, minors, and parents and guardians to protect minors online.
(2) The establishment and implementation of an outreach and education campaign throughout the United States that promotes online safety for minors.
(3) The facilitation of access to, and the exchange of, information regarding online safety for minors to promote up-to-date knowledge regarding harms and risks negatively impacting or benefits positively impacting minors online.
(4) The facilitation of access to publicly accessible online safety education and public awareness efforts by other relevant agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit organizations, schools, industry, and other appropriate entities.
212. Annual report. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, and annually thereafter for 10 years, the Commission shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report that describes the program carried out under section 211.
213. Definitions. In this subtitle:
(1) Agency. The term agency has the meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
(2) Commission. The term Commission means the Federal Trade Commission.
(3) Minor. The term minor means an individual under the age of 17.
(4) Nonprofit organization. The term nonprofit organization means an organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code.
(5) Online safety. The term online safety includes issues regarding the use of the internet in a manner that promotes safe online activity for minors through the following:
(A) Protecting minors from cybercrimes, access to narcotics, tobacco products, gambling, alcohol, and other adult content.
(B) Preventing compulsive behavior online and other adverse impacts on the physical and mental health of minors.
(C) Facilitating the effective use of safeguards, parental controls, and other tools to empower parents, guardians, and minors to protect minors online.
(6) State. The term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, each commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe.
; and
(2) by redesignating section 215 as section 214.
(b) Technical and conforming amendment. The table of contents of the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act (15 U.S.C. 6551 et seq.) is amended by striking the items related to sections 211 through 216 and inserting the following:
Sec. 211. Public awareness and educational campaign.Sec. 212. Annual report.Sec. 213. Definitions.Sec. 214. Promoting online safety in schools.
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