Assessing Safety Tools for Parents and Minors Act

This bill would require the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to begin a review, within 6 months, of how companies try to keep minors safe online. The review would look at education, parental and child safety tools, age-appropriate content labels, privacy and safety settings, and other technologies. The FTC would consult with industry, parents, privacy and mental health experts, and others, and would judge how well these efforts reduce online harms to minors. Within 3 years, the FTC would send a report with findings and recommendations to committees in the House and Senate. The bill defines a minor as anyone under age 17 and exempts the review from the Paperwork Reduction Act.

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Sponsors

• Russ Fulcher Republican sponsor
• 3 cosponsors