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
2 AI Warnings And Resources for Education (AWARE) Act
C Partnerships and Best Practices
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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(1) Coordinate with relevant agencies
,
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including the Commission
,
)
and stakeholders to identify
—
the following:
(A)
the
The
risks for minors with respect to the use of websites, online services, online applications, and mobile applications
;
.
(B)
the
The
benefits for minors with respect to the use of websites, online services, online applications, and mobile applications
;
.
and
(C)
widely
Widely
accepted or evidence-based best practices
,
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taking into
account
for
minors of different ages
,
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to
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(3) Not later than 2 years after the date on which the Partnership is established, publish on a publicly available website a playbook for providers and developers of websites, online services, online applications, and mobile applications to facilitate the implementation of widely accepted or evidence-based best practices that account for minors of different ages and address the risks identified under paragraph (1)(A) and preserve and enhance the benefits identified under paragraph (1)(B), including best practices with respect to
—
the following:
(A)
age
Age
verification, assurance, and estimation techniques
;
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(B)
design
Design
features
;
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(C)
parental
Parental
tools
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(D)
default
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privacy and account settings
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(E)
reporting
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systems and tools
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third
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(G)
limitations
Limitations
and opt-outs related to personalized recommendation systems and chatbots. (d) Stakeholders. In coordinating with stakeholders
under
as required by
subsection (c)(1), the Partnership shall coordinate with the following:
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(i)
the provider of
a website, online service, online application, or mobile application provides to a parent of a user who
the
such
service
provider
or application
knows is a minor; and
(ii) the parent uses to support such user with respect to the use of the website, service, or application; and
(B) includes a tool that allows a parent of a user who the provider of such a website, service, or application knows is a minor to—
(i) view or change the privacy and account settings of such user;
(ii) grant or withdraw verifiable
parental
consent;
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(a) Establishment. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish the Kids Internet Safety Partnership.
(b) Director. The Secretary shall appoint a Director to be the head of the Partnership.
(c) Duties. The duties of the Partnership shall be the following:
(1) Coordinate with relevant agencies (including the Commission) and stakeholders to identify the following:
(A) The risks for minors with respect to the use of websites, online services, online applications, and mobile applications.
(B) The benefits for minors with respect to the use of websites, online services, online applications, and mobile applications.
(C) Widely accepted or evidence-based best practices, taking into account minors of different ages, to—
(i) address the risks identified under subparagraph (A); and
(ii) preserve and enhance the benefits identified under subparagraph (B).
(2) Not later than 1 year after the date on which the Partnership is established, and every 2 years thereafter, publish on a publicly available website a report that details—
(A) the identifications made under paragraph (1); and
(B) the efficacy and adoption by websites, online services, online applications, and mobile applications of—
(i) safeguards for minors; and
(ii) parental tools.
(3) Not later than 2 years after the date on which the Partnership is established, publish on a publicly available website a playbook for providers and developers of websites, online services, online applications, and mobile applications to facilitate the implementation of widely accepted or evidence-based best practices that account for minors of different ages and address the risks identified under paragraph (1)(A) and preserve and enhance the benefits identified under paragraph (1)(B), including best practices with respect to the following:
(A) Age verification, assurance, and estimation techniques.
(B) Design features.
(C) Parental tools.
(D) Default privacy and account settings.
(E) Reporting systems and tools.
(F) Third-party safety software services.
(G) Limitations and opt-outs related to personalized recommendation systems and chatbots.
(d) Stakeholders. In coordinating with stakeholders as required by subsection (c)(1), the Partnership shall coordinate with the following:
(1) Academic experts with specific expertise with respect to the prevention of risks for minors online.
(2) Researchers with specific expertise with respect to social media.
(3) Parents and minors with demonstrated experience with respect to the safety of minors online.
(4) Educators with demonstrated experience with respect to the safety of minors online.
(5) Online platforms.
(6) Experts in academia and civil society with specific expertise with respect to constitutional law, privacy, free expression, access to information, and civil liberties.
(7) State attorneys general (or designees thereof who work in State or local government).
(e) Sunset. The Partnership shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after the date on which the Partnership is established.
(f) Definitions. In this section:
(1) Parental tool. The term parental tool—
(A) means a tool that—
(i) the provider of a website, online service, online application, or mobile application provides to a parent of a user who such provider knows is a minor; and
(ii) the parent uses to support such user with respect to the use of the website, service, or application; and
(B) includes a tool that allows a parent of a user who the provider of such a website, service, or application knows is a minor to—
(i) view or change the privacy and account settings of such user;
(ii) grant or withdraw verifiable consent;
(iii) restrict the purchases and financial transactions of such user;
(iv) view metrics of the total time spent on such website, service, or application by such user;
(v) restrict time spent on such website, service, or application by such user;
(vi) report illegal or harmful conduct on such website, service, or application with respect to which such user may be a victim; and
(vii) limit or opt-out of personalized recommendation systems or chatbots.
(2) Partnership. The term Partnership means the Kids Internet Safety Partnership established under subsection (a).
(3) Secretary. The term Secretary means the Secretary of Commerce.
VI Kids Privacy Protections
A COPPA 2.0
B Data Broker Disclosures
VII General Provisions