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
VI Kids Privacy Protections
A COPPA 2.0
B Data Broker Disclosures
VII General Provisions
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
Nothing in this Act may be construed to do any of the following:
(1) Allow a governmental entity to enforce this Act based on a viewpoint expressed by or through any speech, expression, or information protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
(2) Prevent—
(A) the taking of reasonable measures to block or filter spam, prevent criminal activity, or protect the security of a platform or service; or
(B) compliance with the duties and reporting requirements set forth in 18 U.S.C. 2258A.
(3) Require the disclosure of the browsing behavior, search history, messages, contact list, or other content or metadata of the communications of a minor.
(4) Limit or impair the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (15 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) or any rule or regulation promulgated under such Act.
(5) Expand, limit the scope of, or alter the meaning of section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230).
(6) Restrict the ability to do any of the following:
(A) Cooperate with a law enforcement agency regarding activity reasonably and in good faith believed to violate a Federal, State, or local law, rule, or regulation.
(B) Comply with a lawful civil, criminal, or regulatory inquiry, subpoena, or summons from a Federal, State, local, or other governmental authority.
(C) Investigate, establish, exercise, respond to, or defend against a legal claim.
(D) Prevent, detect, or respond to a security incident, identity theft, fraud, harassment, or any other malicious, deceptive, or illegal activity.
(E) Investigate or report a person responsible for an activity described in subparagraph (D).
(7) Decrypt or ensure an ability to decrypt an encrypted communication of a user.
(8) Preclude the use of any form of encryption, including end-to-end encryption, for any communication of a user.
(9) Require indefinite retention of data of a user.
(10) Require the affirmative collection of any personal information with respect to age that is not already collected in the normal course of business.