Kids Online Safety Act

This bill sets rules for online platforms that host user-generated content, such as social media, when the platform knows a user is a minor (under 17). Platforms would have to adopt policies addressing harms to minors such as threats of violence, sexual exploitation, drug and alcohol sales, and financial scams. They would have to give minors default safety settings, give parents tools to view and manage settings and time spent, create a reporting system with responses within 10 days, and stop facilitating ads for drugs, tobacco, gambling, or alcohol to minors. Platforms would need yearly independent audits sent to the Federal Trade Commission, which would enforce the law along with state attorneys general. The bill would also create an advisory council and would block states from enforcing their own laws related to the bill's provisions.

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Sponsors

• Gus M. Bilirakis Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors