119 S1748 IS: Kids Online Safety Act
U.S. Senate
2025-05-14
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1.Short title; table of contents(a)This Act may be cited as the Kids Online Safety Act
.(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.TITLE I—Kids Online SafetySec. 101. Definitions.Sec. 102. Duty of care.Sec. 103. Safeguards for minors.Sec. 104. Disclosure.Sec. 105. Transparency.Sec. 106. Market research.Sec. 107. Age verification study and report.Sec. 108. Guidance.Sec. 109. Enforcement.Sec. 110. Kids online safety council.Sec. 111. Effective date.Sec. 112. Rules of construction and other matters.TITLE II—Filter Bubble TransparencySec. 201. Definitions.Sec. 202. Requirement to allow users to see unmanipulated content on internet platforms.TITLE III—Relationship to State laws; severabilitySec. 301. Relationship to State laws.Sec. 302. Severability.<enum>I</enum><header>Kids Online Safety</header><section changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcb02bebf6a7f4d43b673bc4e4f675b0c"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text><paragraph id="id87c354f6-e5b8-4cdf-84d6-468fe9e50c69" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Child</header><text>The term <term>child</term> means an individual who is under the age of 13.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idad944a76-a092-44b6-acfa-3dcee3764f38" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compulsive usage</header><text>The term <term>compulsive usage</term> means a persistent and repetitive use of a covered platform that significantly impacts one or more major life activities of an individual, including socializing, sleeping, eating, learning, reading, concentrating, communicating, or working.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idde646ba4-e174-4b52-bd46-994b04d05e78" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Covered platform</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6698062b-5120-4a78-b5e6-1269d34ea5e4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>covered platform</term> means an online platform, online video game, messaging application, or video streaming service that connects to the internet and that is used, or is reasonably likely to be used, by a minor.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbf888cc4-08e0-47d3-93a2-5be9b4a9ca80" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>The term <term>covered platform</term> does not include—</text><clause id="id78cecdec-d8f3-467f-a183-88cfd98f5a39" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an entity acting in its capacity as a provider of—</text><subclause id="id16250a3c-1c63-4248-9055-d233d0a6bff0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a common carrier service subject to the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/151">47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.</external-xref>) and all Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto;</text></subclause><subclause id="id0b1e3f9b-cbc8-4b61-a7c8-c45caaee1acd" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a broadband internet access service (as such term is defined for purposes of section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation);</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id075cf2e0-854a-4191-9bc0-ef4748fb4eaa" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an email service;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0cfc272f67954ce394edeee153dd75f2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a teleconferencing or video conferencing service that allows reception and transmission of audio or video signals for real-time communication, provided that—</text><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2de154293c614bf6a508216046dff287" changed="not-changed"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the service is not an online platform; and</text></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56d33836e0ad415e8ff5954dfc2d114c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the real-time communication is initiated by using a unique link or identifier to facilitate access; or</text></item></subclause><subclause id="id203d5974e4ec40c5887fc03fc9b759a6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(V)</enum><text>a wireless messaging service, including such a service provided through short messaging service or multimedia messaging service protocols, that is not a component of, or linked to, an online platform and where the predominant or exclusive function is direct messaging consisting of the transmission of text, photos or videos that are sent by electronic means, where messages are transmitted from the sender to a recipient, and are not posted within an online platform or publicly;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id28a80fbd-bfef-458f-83f2-32882a24c73f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an organization not organized to carry on business for its own profit or that of its members;</text></clause><clause id="id26ce8f59-350b-43b0-b743-3d38048adaf0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any public or private—</text><subclause id="idb88f179d95374eb7bce04e9385b1d59d"><enum>(I)</enum><text>early childhood education program or preschool that provides for the care, development, and education of infants, toddlers, or young children who are not yet enrolled in kindergarten;</text></subclause><subclause id="ide2ceed06ba55428485ccad48ebbbb9c3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>elementary school (as defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7801">20 U.S.C. 7801</external-xref>)) or secondary school (as so defined);</text></subclause><subclause id="idbdeaa1fbdf9f4a87b455fe0c33975f93"><enum>(III)</enum><text>school providing career and technical education (as defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/2302">20 U.S.C. 2302</external-xref>));</text></subclause><subclause id="id9b3fd88dccb84be68b9d2f6f916b2080"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>school providing adult education and literacy activities (as defined in section 203 of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/3272">29 U.S.C. 3272</external-xref>)); or</text></subclause><subclause id="idc5a13fefdc494426b83784bd0d84d70c"><enum>(V)</enum><text>institution of higher education (as defined in section 101, and subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 102(a)(1), of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>, 1002(a)(1)));</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9137d27f-648e-49b8-9df2-4915b6ad3f7f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a library (as defined in section 213 of the Library Services and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9122">20 U.S.C. 9122</external-xref>));</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddf6ec5ddc0a84b71983eac9b40be6078" changed="not-changed"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a news or sports coverage website or app where—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb38a8e4357b74d1aacc523eb7918681d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the inclusion of video content on the website or app is related to the website or app’s own gathering, reporting, or publishing of news content or sports coverage; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfb62258ff8ab4bb080f6db8fc98c2ea1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the website or app is not otherwise an online platform;</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaa521062f91040ba9276ee1e213ca45e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a product or service that primarily functions as business-to-business software, such as a cloud storage, file sharing, or file collaboration service;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8886f8b9d742484bb6eb7c5780df0b28" changed="not-changed"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>a virtual private network or similar service that exists predominantly to route internet traffic between locations; or</text></clause><clause changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbd8be94922124565b789bc1581dd7ff0"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>a government entity with a .gov internet domain (as described in section 2215 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/665">6 U.S.C. 665</external-xref>)).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3b41d0878d884f689a420e91a4d2a5c3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Design feature</header><text>The term <term>design feature</term> means any feature or component of a covered platform that will encourage or increase the frequency, time spent, or activity of minors on the covered platform. Design features include but are not limited to—</text><subparagraph id="id4336b8a56d4c46cb96e8b9ec0c4b2290"><enum>(A)</enum><text>infinite scrolling or auto play;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0ba74c52c443466eb6d35fb045789294"><enum>(B)</enum><text>rewards or incentives based on the frequency, time spent, or activity of minors on the covered platform;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfd4f8b5fe7d9449ebd3b929561b78583"><enum>(C)</enum><text>notifications and push alerts;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22d5fb9d248645858e13428522772ee3"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">badges or other visual award symbols based on the frequency, time spent, or activity of minors on the covered platform;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id428c9b8f24a242c7b168ba149e4e621f"><enum>(E)</enum><text>personalized design features;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6bc3019e6eac47adbecfdf4af608d9ec"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in-game purchases; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id21e1e41a66544380898122b8630e53de"><enum>(G)</enum><text>appearance altering filters.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc032584c-22f6-4aa1-a37f-55978d095c2d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Geolocation</header><text>The term <term>geolocation</term> has the meaning given the term <term>geolocation information</term> in section 1302 of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/6501">15 U.S.C. 6501</external-xref>), as added by section 201(a).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idca29d06a89ad4aa28365146e7942659e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Know or knows</header><text>The term <term>know</term> or <term>knows</term> means to have actual knowledge or knowledge fairly implied on the basis of objective circumstances.</text></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc217d2797e6c4a4898ce804f1e51302e"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Microtransaction</header><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id542fee46e7a84aa99b4868aeddbc51e7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>microtransaction</term> means a purchase made in an online video game (including a purchase made using a virtual currency that is purchasable or redeemable using cash or credit or that is included as part of a paid subscription service).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idedc56f881b0446bc9ecced04a472c3ee"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>Such term includes a purchase involving surprise mechanics, new characters, or in-game items.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d67d68568cd42048b159ca4a6069689"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such term does not include—</text><clause changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb1da0d2b4b8a4a94bcb023920ae95487"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a purchase made in an online video game using a virtual currency that is earned through gameplay and is not otherwise purchasable or redeemable using cash or credit or included as part of a paid subscription service; or</text></clause><clause changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id101b17857699425ba41ab751ac2716dc"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a purchase of additional levels within the game or an overall expansion of the game.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf4bcdfae-c476-4355-baf9-b088a082c2d1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Minor</header><text>The term <term>minor</term> means an individual who is under the age of 17.</text></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc0b65d8b8ee64c908ee1519defa0af79"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Narcotic drug</header><text>The term <term>narcotic drug</term> has the meaning given such term in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/802">21 U.S.C. 802</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5159406b-3a94-40e1-b93e-5d8120db1ecc" changed="not-changed"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Online platform</header><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91dca0c39fb348ee96169da12ff61983"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>online platform</term> means any public-facing website, online service, online application, or mobile application that predominantly provides a community forum for user-generated content, such as sharing videos, images, games, audio files, or other content, including a social media service, social network, or virtual reality environment.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0a1b3d7b0b1845749cf5a29fc2c31285"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Incidental chat functions</header><text>A website, online service, online application, or mobile application is not an online platform solely on the basis that it includes a chat, comment, or other interactive function that is incidental to its predominant purpose.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1a72aa04312f45b397fbeef29321bb8c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Online video game</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>online video game</term> means a video game, including an educational video game, that connects to the internet and that allows a user to—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2c6b4ba0ba044516adb5b058c05977a1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">create and upload content other than content that is incidental to gameplay, such as character or level designs created by the user, preselected phrases, or short interactions with other users;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd87bb00b8ea64a538c1ac04f63764152" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">engage in microtransactions within the game; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id394db00484eb4bb8965195c8cab1380d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>communicate with other users.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5ae35870-16b4-4ff9-95fe-f1a8a80ab801" changed="not-changed"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Parent</header><text>The term <term>parent</term> includes a legal guardian.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id00a70c6c-a294-481a-bee1-cf0348ba45fe" changed="not-changed"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Personal data</header><text>The term <term>personal data</term> has the same meaning as the term <term>personal information</term> as defined in section 1302 of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/6501">15 U.S.C. 6501</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb3cef12f-5fac-43af-a3e8-3cce5ddd126c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Personalized design feature</header><text>The term <term>personalized design feature</term> means a fully or partially automated system, including a recommendation system, that is based on the collection of personal data of users and that encourages or increases the frequency, time spent, or activity of minors on the covered platform.</text></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4fd05a91107a44249429b146c66a302f"><enum>(15)</enum><header>Personalized recommendation system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>personalized recommendation system</term> means a fully or partially automated system used to suggest, promote, or rank content, including other users, hashtags, or posts, based on the personal data of users. A recommendation system that suggests, promotes, or ranks content based solely on the user’s language, city or town, or age shall not be considered a personalized recommendation system.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb11cc3b7-0ad9-429d-80b7-8a4de6429e95" changed="not-changed"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Sexual exploitation and abuse</header><text>The term <term>sexual exploitation and abuse</term> means any of the following:</text><subparagraph id="id9e0fc746-2212-456c-800e-f0502127fbbc" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Coercion and enticement, as described in section 2422 of title 18, United States Code.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8e9474cc-e7f2-46a0-ab45-ac41018ca829" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Child sexual abuse material, as described in sections 2251, 2252, 2252A, and 2260 of title 18, United States Code.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd60ed669-8513-4e93-96d4-f0f8aaa8829a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Trafficking for the production of images, as described in section 2251A of title 18, United States Code.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id77b30895-3ecd-4e5a-a4b7-37fc21ace1f1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Sex trafficking of children, as described in section 1591 of title 18, United States Code.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4441d440c6334425a356e3b5c8f4414d"><enum>(17)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means each State of the United States, the District of Columbia, each commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe.</text></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5e012b19618c4acf9209314e9a8369c9"><enum>(18)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">User</header><text>The term <term>user</term> means, with respect to a covered platform, an individual who registers an account or creates a profile on the covered platform.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id2dcf5db8-db00-4b58-82e0-26cc87b87aad" changed="not-changed"><enum>102.</enum><header>Duty of care</header><subsection id="id44feef84-d084-43a7-8595-cbdedf4d2e0e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prevention of harm to minors</header><text>A covered platform shall exercise reasonable care in the creation and implementation of any design feature to prevent and mitigate the following harms to minors where a reasonable and prudent person would agree that such harms were reasonably foreseeable by the covered platform and would agree that the design feature is a contributing factor to such harms:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida8890d79-9302-40c8-9a62-2c1aed6e10c0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eating disorders, substance use disorders, and suicidal behaviors.</text></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0e2afe3d3d2d45fa8729c34614411e39"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Depressive disorders and anxiety disorders when such conditions have objectively verifiable and clinically diagnosable symptoms and are related to compulsive usage.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id74fd6905-b874-4e48-877e-311b9192ebe3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Patterns of use that indicate compulsive usage.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf87b6439-d893-42e3-8d4d-eebf514ac0ec" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Physical violence or online harassment activity that is so severe, pervasive, or objectively offensive that it impacts a major life activity of a minor.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9fcdbd92-cabf-46e2-bc9e-a5cdb5e3ce7c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Sexual exploitation and abuse of minors.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id69863ce0-7f17-4c11-9a58-476c47e6cc83" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Distribution, sale, or use of narcotic drugs, tobacco products, cannabis products, gambling, or alcohol.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9d0ebc1e-43a9-466d-916b-6db4e5acb6da" changed="not-changed"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Financial harms caused by unfair or deceptive acts or practices (as defined in section 5(a)(4) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/45">15 U.S.C. 45(a)(4)</external-xref>)).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id80594449-fbd6-433a-9a2c-3b3f309b8923" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rules of construction</header><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id521a19ec62334e588ceda877c54bf041"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to require a covered platform to prevent or preclude any minor from—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb646669e-51b4-462f-a919-055c375daa62" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">deliberately and independently searching for, or specifically requesting, content; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7d354754-8510-4954-8bd1-616c31494671" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>accessing resources and information regarding the prevention or mitigation of the harms described in subsection (a).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ff0f97a4be94e79b5878c4d8f56fb5e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow a government entity to enforce subsection (a) based upon the viewpoint of users expressed by or through any speech, expression, or information protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id541c6e8b-6708-4d97-83e1-44abf7a184b2" changed="not-changed"><enum>103.</enum><header>Safeguards for minors</header><subsection id="id1710dc69-cadd-4b86-a2a1-bd46873161e2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Safeguards for minors</header><paragraph id="ida49be590-ba8d-44e8-bd96-cff8aece9443" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Safeguards</header><text>A covered platform shall provide a user or visitor that the covered platform knows is a minor with readily accessible and easy-to-use safeguards to, as applicable—</text><subparagraph id="id16ca1099-579a-42dc-a75c-d7a9d44685e2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>limit the ability of other users or visitors to communicate with the minor;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida97af87a-9e15-42e0-b59c-88348a9a7c17" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prevent other users or visitors, whether registered or not, from viewing the minor’s personal data collected by or shared on the covered platform, in particular restricting public access to personal data;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id526503fa-6bcb-45d3-aa7a-ee52a3c1036d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>limit by default design features that encourage or increase the frequency, time spent, or activity of minors on the covered platform, such as infinite scrolling, auto playing, rewards for time spent on the platform, notifications, and other design features that result in compulsive usage of the covered platform by the minor;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7903d38b-b5e3-4b6f-96c2-9039976592b2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>control personalized recommendation systems, including the ability for a minor to have—</text><clause id="id8c83f863-c0c0-4195-a34e-7dc5669fdfbd" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a prominently displayed option to opt out of such personalized recommendation systems, while still allowing the display of content based on a chronological format; and</text></clause><clause id="id774fd16c-4fdb-4c89-9aec-3f6f3d9ff646" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a prominently displayed option to limit types or categories of recommendations from such systems; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id14787feb-78bd-4106-b2f0-50e6a21796aa" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>restrict the sharing of the geolocation of the minor and provide notice regarding the tracking of the minor’s geolocation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id65df1cb3-8308-4e1c-83f3-a320a163ac83" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Option</header><text>A covered platform shall provide a user that the covered platform knows is a minor with a readily accessible and easy-to-use option to limit the amount of time spent by the minor on the covered platform.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfbaa1bb5-4ff4-4549-9c54-0546df7cc212" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Default safeguard settings for minors</header><text>A covered platform shall provide that, in the case of a user or visitor that the platform knows is a minor, the default setting for any safeguard described under paragraph (1) shall be the option available on the platform that provides the most protective level of control that is offered by the platform over privacy and safety for that user or visitor, unless otherwise enabled by the parent of the minor.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd036393c-1462-40fb-93db-82a95b4995ef" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Parental tools</header><paragraph id="id3a86ad61-4cd3-4f67-b79d-21ce12b321fb" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Tools</header><text>A covered platform shall provide readily accessible and easy-to-use parental tools for parents to support a user that the platform knows is a minor with respect to the use of the platform by that user.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3b61623a-5b37-46ed-a1fb-8adc4ee96280" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The parental tools provided by a covered platform under paragraph (1) shall include—</text><subparagraph id="id9fcd8ff3-a0c5-4264-b91f-12becf5649da" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the ability to manage a minor’s privacy and account settings, including the safeguards and options established under subsection (a), in a manner that allows parents to—</text><clause id="id88a690dc-6fdf-41fd-9219-ef846a7a4b32" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>view the privacy and account settings; and</text></clause><clause id="idd38bb64a-9958-48f5-8029-36f6b46d0c30" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of a user that the platform knows is a child, change and control the privacy and account settings;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id44c55cd1-22dd-4ec5-a7cf-6347a797ef0e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the ability to restrict purchases and financial transactions by the minor, where applicable; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3eb4f620-506d-4cf3-a267-7082bd5093a6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the ability to view metrics of total time spent on the covered platform and restrict time spent on the covered platform by the minor.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf28c04c6-76a4-4fb2-985e-74e4ce323274" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notice to minors</header><text>A covered platform shall provide clear and conspicuous notice to a user when the tools described in this subsection are in effect and what settings or controls have been applied.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id97ab0070-a077-43b1-a71a-64b81206726e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Default tools</header><text>A covered platform shall provide that, in the case of a user that the platform knows is a child, the tools required under paragraph (1) shall be enabled by default.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf8bd8a8ac5da4dd9be56c8800e2a479b"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Application to existing accounts</header><text>If, prior to the effective date of this subsection, a covered platform provided a parent of a user that the platform knows is a child with notice and the ability to enable the parental tools described under this subsection in a manner that would otherwise comply with this subsection, and the parent opted out of enabling such tools, the covered platform is not required to enable such tools with respect to such user by default when this subsection takes effect.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb730a82c-e5c1-4bf7-8203-69ab4005bde2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reporting mechanism</header><paragraph id="id75340544-e28a-404f-b1c6-6e8b85cc11ad" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reporting tools</header><text>A covered platform shall provide—</text><subparagraph id="id4af78aa2-f3cc-42ad-8d30-63b9d87bec4e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a readily accessible and easy-to-use means for users and visitors to submit reports to the covered platform of harms to a minor on the covered platform;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2bab768c-8d93-437a-a8f5-059f12d7e33b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an electronic point of contact specific to matters involving harms to a minor; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0c80aaeb-2698-4b35-a208-d8cc3ff77303" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>confirmation of the receipt of such a report and, within the applicable time period described in paragraph (2), a substantive response to the individual that submitted the report.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7d5f3bdf-0947-4dd6-ba42-c0b25e55432a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>A covered platform shall establish an internal process to receive and substantively respond to such reports in a reasonable and timely manner, but in no case later than—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf69e3639-b160-491d-b0a6-abd57c4bc72f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">10 days after the receipt of a report, if, for the most recent calendar year, the platform averaged more than 10,000,000 active users on a monthly basis in the United States;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9db0cf61-a9b9-4998-9739-ae5ffef9db6e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>21 days after the receipt of a report, if, for the most recent calendar year, the platform averaged less than 10,000,000 active users on a monthly basis in the United States; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34153b6f-6328-4686-bf3d-d60dda6a2b22" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) and (B), if the report involves an imminent threat to the safety of a minor, as promptly as needed to address the reported threat to safety.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="iddd366ba1-ced9-470d-9385-f172bbf74cb7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Advertising of illegal products</header><text>A covered platform shall not facilitate the advertising of narcotic drugs, cannabis products, tobacco products, gambling, or alcohol to an individual that the covered platform knows is a minor.</text></subsection><subsection id="id2326a747-ca1c-4204-b33f-037221aa6819" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Rules of application</header><paragraph id="idd7663872-e2b6-44b1-9576-01a4f3cd6a26" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Accessibility</header><text>With respect to safeguards and parental tools described under subsections (a) and (b), a covered platform shall provide—</text><subparagraph id="idc9e39118-bdc7-485b-bd71-14aedfe1a7fa" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>information and control options in a clear and conspicuous manner that takes into consideration the differing ages, capacities, and developmental needs of the minors most likely to access the covered platform and does not encourage minors or parents to weaken or disable safeguards or parental tools;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4fc1f065-cde8-4232-86d8-158520258fa6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>readily accessible and easy-to-use controls to enable or disable safeguards or parental tools, as appropriate; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id77f3ef4c-a87c-4f24-92da-ac2c331e09eb" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>information and control options in the same language, form, and manner as the covered platform provides the product or service used by minors and their parents.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id593fb4bc-515f-488e-a518-b7c9e5d6edc2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Dark patterns prohibition</header><text>It shall be unlawful for any covered platform to design, embed, modify, or manipulate a user interface of a covered platform with the purpose or substantial effect of obscuring, subverting or impairing user autonomy, decision-making, or choice with respect to safeguards or parental tools required under this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8cf0ec3d98b34cac99528297783567fb"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Timing considerations</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7c819608e34448278b84b356f2744aa6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>No interruption to gameplay</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsections (a)(1)(C) and (b)(3) shall not require an online video game to interrupt the natural sequence of gameplay, such as progressing through game levels or finishing a competition.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id400162b8e8b24ab28eecbe5a43c817d8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Application of changes to offline devices or accounts</header><text>If a user’s device or user account does not have access to the internet at the time of a change to parental tools, a covered platform shall apply changes the next time the device or user is connected to the internet.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7c3cf7d32a3f47e58db97e969cfdaa82" changed="not-changed"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Device or console controls</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" changed="not-changed" id="ida6e0111ac0e34e06851eff28ddc7373f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a covered platform from integrating its products or service with, or duplicate controls or tools provided by, third-party systems, including operating systems or gaming consoles, to meet the requirements imposed under subsections (a) and (b) relating to safeguards for minors and parental tools, provided that—</text><subparagraph id="id572a99542c4a464f9af42011b3f1fb3a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the controls or tools meet such requirements; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4a0ea868816a405893052bac31c4e1b7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the minor or parent is provided sufficient notice of the integration and use of the parental tools.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id30a749de18924f39ab3f17c4929bc285"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Preservation of protections</header><text>In the event of a conflict between the controls or tools of a third-party system, including operating systems or gaming consoles, and a covered platform, the covered platform is not required to override the controls or tools of a third-party system if it would undermine the protections for minors from the safeguards or parental tools imposed under subsections (a) and (b).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3720ad8c09de4342b5cc4865ff5a7e24" commented="no"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>A covered platform shall provide the safeguards and parental tools described in subsections (a) and (b) to an educational agency or institution (as defined in section 444 of the General Education Provisions Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1232g">20 U.S.C. 1232g(a)(3)</external-xref>)), rather than to the user or visitor, when the covered platform is acting on behalf of the educational agency or institution subject to a written contract that complies with the requirements of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/6501">15 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.</external-xref>) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1232g">20 U.S.C. 1232g</external-xref>).</text></subsection><subsection id="id28c1574ef3a340ecb697fbefecfc7ede"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Rules of construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to—</text><paragraph id="idc9d6a6074cea431eaf925d86818af92c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prevent a covered platform from taking reasonable measures to—</text><subparagraph id="id83d596bbf7ab45e6babc69c4417216a6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>block, detect, or prevent the distribution of unlawful, obscene, or other harmful material to minors as described in section 102(a); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id95984fba3e7f4a3abc5eeb1a010cacc0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>block or filter spam, prevent criminal activity, or protect the security of a platform or service;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idadafa644b6c74db8a9233c7e6797610e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>require the disclosure of the browsing behavior, search history, messages, contact list, or other content or metadata of the communications of a minor;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6c2182a569a049fbbc6711eb9efe6297"><enum>(3)</enum><text>prevent a covered platform from using a personalized recommendation system to display content to a minor if the system only uses information on—</text><subparagraph id="idb2419d3a295f482dbdf71eecd674f981"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the language spoken by the minor;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1b8e6fe0134a48b38a43a33e7fba64c4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the city the minor is located in; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id61e42d986eb64042ad1f8ff30cc3199e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the minor’s age;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id407c9ec7150f43109763bb53d52876e9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>prevent an online video game from disclosing a username or other user identification for the purpose of competitive gameplay or to allow for the reporting of users;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4eae82fdf55f4479ac5ea7ac3d548c09"><enum>(5)</enum><text>prevent a covered platform from contracting or entering into an agreement with a third-party entity, whose primary or exclusive function is to provide the safeguards or parental tools required under subsections (a) and (b) or to offer similar or stronger protective capabilities for minors, to assist with meeting the requirements imposed under subsections (a) and (b); or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6022a437e2784dd098b4ae62580a64ab"><enum>(6)</enum><text>prevent a parent or user from authorizing a third-party entity described in subparagraph (5) to implement such safeguards or parental tools or provide similar or stronger protective capabilities for minors, at the choice of the parent or user.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id2169ca45-359e-4a3f-9f4a-68c6d569057e" changed="not-changed"><enum>104.</enum><header>Disclosure</header><subsection id="id6e59bd13-238d-4497-a0e2-7ad4d9ae61b1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Notice</header><paragraph id="idd0b50abb-9382-41df-9f55-0d3f9a045646" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Registration or purchase</header><text>Prior to registration or purchase of a covered platform by an individual that the platform knows is a minor, the platform shall provide clear, conspicuous, and easy-to-understand—</text><subparagraph id="id4fd3e63e-cffc-40ce-9d6b-d55af32f55e5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>notice of the policies and practices of the covered platform with respect to safeguards for minors;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbaab87b1-c769-4e31-a3fd-568822cad88f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>information about how to access the safeguards and parental tools required under section 103; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb50eeb2a-7f14-4289-9750-bd3c93272cb9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>notice about how to access the information on personalized recommendation systems required under subsection (b).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idea5d06e3-2c9f-4eca-9854-48ed3bdf5109" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notification</header><subparagraph id="id9e408cd7-2ac0-495d-8157-fe3f57408e03" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Notice and acknowledgment</header><text>In the case of an individual that a covered platform knows is a child, the platform shall provide information about the parental tools and safeguards required under section 103 to a parent of the child and obtain verifiable consent (as defined in section 1302 of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/6501">15 U.S.C. 6501</external-xref>)).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb42e83ae-24a2-4883-8af1-c380be2a0a4c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reasonable effort</header><text>A covered platform shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirement described in subparagraph (A) if the covered platform is in compliance with the requirements of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/6501">15 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.</external-xref>) to use reasonable efforts (taking into consideration available technology) to provide a parent with the information described in subparagraph (A) and to obtain verifiable consent as required.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id11a213c2-5fe8-49c1-9cca-f1c2ec15e966" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consolidated notices</header><text>For purposes of this title, a covered platform may consolidate the process for providing information under this subsection and obtaining verifiable consent or the consent of the minor involved (as applicable) as required under this subsection with the obligations of the covered platform to provide relevant notice and obtain verifiable consent under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/6501">15 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3d434d79-27c9-4fab-ac4b-98ac14a0281c" commented="no" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>The Federal Trade Commission may issue guidance to assist covered platforms in complying with the specific notice requirements of this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id35e95914-37df-4727-96e8-19e2af0ac425" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Personalized recommendation system</header><text>A covered platform that operates a personalized recommendation system shall set out in its terms and conditions, in a clear, conspicuous, and easy-to-understand manner—</text><paragraph id="idb39c38cd-189a-4777-bb8c-6a198fbc3a6a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an overview of how each personalized recommendation system is used by the covered platform to provide information to minors, including how such systems use the personal data of minors; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6178b4ea-d86a-4c05-8066-0f2250fc8a0d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>information about options for minors or their parents to opt out of or control the personalized recommendation system (as applicable).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3251119e-df47-4abe-98aa-3b3792c68bf2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Advertising and marketing information and labels</header><paragraph id="idb77cbbc9-db79-4d85-9c0a-e5a13095c99d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Information and labels</header><text>A covered platform shall provide clear, conspicuous, and easy-to-understand labels and information, which can be provided through a link to another web page or disclosure, to minors on advertisements regarding—</text><subparagraph id="id44ee9939-ec75-4552-902e-4dcb44eeda0e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the name of the product, service, or brand and the subject matter of an advertisement; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3322c921-6013-43d7-b407-433948e9ded8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>whether particular media displayed to the minor is an advertisement or marketing material, including disclosure of endorsements of products, services, or brands made for commercial consideration by other users of the platform.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idff6f3fc3-16a9-4578-8003-0b63d804c1ac" commented="no" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>The Federal Trade Commission may issue guidance to assist covered platforms in complying with the requirements of this subsection, including guidance about the minimum level of information and labels for the disclosures required under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7edbd696-5c91-4598-b92b-c89ee707a663" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Resources for parents and minors</header><text>A covered platform shall provide to minors and parents clear, conspicuous, easy-to-understand, and comprehensive information in a prominent location, which may include a link to a web page, regarding—</text><paragraph id="id2a1fe57b-2df3-49eb-a0d4-eb39e0fa3ca7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the policies and practices of the covered platform with respect to safeguards for minors; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id35094137-0291-407b-bafa-b3eafc851370" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>how to access the safeguards and parental tools required under section 103.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1bc4ae70-a3ec-4cc4-9e40-ca5d2f335f9c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Resources in additional languages</header><text>A covered platform shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that the disclosures required by this section are made available in the same language, form, and manner as the covered platform provides any product or service used by minors and their parents.</text></subsection></section><section id="ide478f6d6-1431-4439-8447-653f62d153d8" changed="not-changed"><enum>105.</enum><header>Transparency</header><subsection id="id12b80a18-1670-49a4-a832-a93fb5873ac4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subsection (b), not less frequently than once a year, a covered platform shall issue a public report that addresses the matters in subsection (c) based on an independent, third-party audit of the covered platform with a reasonable level of assurance.</text></subsection><subsection id="id35c7de9b-ee22-4b85-b9a5-38052a309b2e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Scope of application</header><text>The requirements of this section shall apply to a covered platform if—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id196bf520-721b-42bd-9abd-58ed40402191" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the most recent calendar year, the platform averaged more than 10,000,000 active users on a monthly basis in the United States; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id377e40a0-8ba9-4ac1-b6d8-a8fecbe616b0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the platform predominantly provides a community forum for user-generated content and discussion, including sharing videos, images, games, audio files, discussion in a virtual setting, or other content, such as acting as a social media platform, virtual reality environment, or a social network service.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6268fa59-3bb2-4197-86b2-b073cd13fb71" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Content</header><paragraph id="ide3b6e083-612e-4757-b1ba-0981912c1213" commented="no" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Transparency</header><text>The public reports required of a covered platform under this section shall include—</text><subparagraph id="id024b96e0-f423-44bd-a46a-c9f2727c4e69" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an assessment of the extent to which the platform is likely to be accessed by minors;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3dc40a3a-ef07-4717-9f49-1ba9699d0211" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of the commercial interests of the covered platform being used by minors;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd6cec8d1-7349-47ea-a9a2-f8ba5ca5259c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an accounting, based on the data held by the covered platform, of—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida341cc76-1441-4966-aaec-b6df9552ce60" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of users using the covered platform that the platform knows to be minors in the United States;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id232eecee-afc8-4e17-9669-7b2b04260fc5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the median and mean amounts of time spent on the platform by users known to be minors in the United States who have accessed the platform during the reporting year on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis; and</text></clause><clause id="idA5C2E9981CDC40D7BFF78555FFCF95BF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the amount of content being accessed by users that the platform knows to be minors in the United States that is in English, and the top 5 non-English languages used by users accessing the platform in the United States;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc3619341-336c-4635-930c-f09ccdd9c3d8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an accounting of total reports received through the reporting mechanism described in section 103, disaggregated by language, including English and the top 5 non-English languages used by users accessing the platform from the United States (as identified under subparagraph (C)(iii)); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id02ab809f-7ed3-45df-8447-7dbde6390d3f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an assessment of the safeguards and parental tools under section 103, representations regarding the use of the personal data of minors, and other matters regarding compliance with this title.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id544ba887-2520-45b3-95ab-c752fabada7e" commented="no" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text>The public reports required under this section shall include—</text><subparagraph id="ide005201b-1daa-4a2a-b492-19df5ccaef99" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an assessment based on aggregate data on the exercise of safeguards and parental tools described in section 103, and other competent and reliable empirical evidence;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0db3d350-afeb-4cbd-87bc-2d88f7154696" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of whether and how the covered platform uses design features that increase, sustain, or extend the use of a product or service by a minor;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id11334241-b56d-4f39-8359-1a88ec472782" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a description of whether, how, and for what purpose the platform collects or processes categories of personal data, including how personal data is used to operate personalized recommendation systems related to minors;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb6f018f6-dec2-4928-8aec-fc8dad963ef9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an evaluation of the efficacy of safeguards for minors and parental tools under section 103, and any issues in delivering such safeguards and parental tools; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc5ab07e708de41c68b284250116e2012" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an assessment of differences, with respect to the matters described in subparagraphs (A) through (D), across different English and non-English languages and efficacy of safeguards in those languages.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9ab33d8b-cc8b-4509-96e3-453319215c49" commented="no" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Mitigation</header><text>The public reports required of a covered platform under this section shall include, for English and the top 5 non-English languages used by users accessing the platform from the United States (as identified under paragraph (2)(C)(iii))—</text><subparagraph id="idffdf18e8-e9bf-4bd5-b6fe-e48886f95e07" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of the safeguards and parental tools available to minors and parents on the covered platform;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9e7c5405-6b86-4c49-b1a5-b5387832b90b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of the prevention and mitigation measures a covered platform may take, if any, in response to the assessments conducted under paragraph (2), including steps take to provide the most protective level of control over safety by default;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaef0f3b8-598d-4bef-8b6b-e48e72c52a40" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a description of the processes used for the creation and implementation of any design feature that will be used by minors;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide3bbab5dacea40afa9a8fbc644ddfbba"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description and assessment of handling reports under the requirement of section 103(c), including the rate of response, timeliness, and substantiveness of responses; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5dfcc648-2cf4-4cf7-a2e0-a5bb3cf6e933" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the status of implementing prevention and mitigation measures identified in prior assessments.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id32bc0179-100b-45f5-bf1c-86c6f4a3be51" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reasonable inspection</header><text>In conducting an inspection of the reasonably foreseeable risk of harm to minors under this section, an independent, third-party auditor shall—</text><paragraph id="iddb79e2f1-e308-4aa2-9fd9-0ac2e3a74422" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>take into consideration the function of personalized recommendation systems;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id405fe900-763c-4ee3-a2bc-b8b4d8f121b4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>consult parents and youth experts, including youth and families with relevant past or current experience, public health and mental health nonprofit organizations, health and development organizations, and civil society with respect to the prevention of harms to minors;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc695bc45-b95d-486b-b878-f75b78344a29" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>conduct research based on experiences of minors that use the covered platform, including reports under section 103(c) and information provided by law enforcement;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida3bbb797-a7ea-46b0-8fa1-4f14062526d8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>take account of research, including research regarding design features, marketing, or product integrity, industry best practices, or outside research;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6225d078-aa85-4421-8b13-e441783c76b1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>take into consideration indicia or inferences of age of users, in addition to any self-declared information about the age of users; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id93AD2F160E2E4600A575A59FF12E898C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><text>take into consideration differences in risk of reasonably foreseeable harms and effectiveness of safeguards across English and non-English languages.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2aaff02d-547e-465a-be6e-3606bf5b306a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Cooperation with independent, third-Party audit</header><text>To facilitate the report required by subsection (c), a covered platform shall—</text><paragraph id="idd52b0dd0-43e4-4e97-874e-83963e9bdf86" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide or otherwise make available to the independent third-party conducting the audit all information and material in its possession, custody, or control that is relevant to the audit;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id23fa62b1-c886-4c13-a591-60019284b92e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide or otherwise make available to the independent third-party conducting the audit access to all network, systems, and assets relevant to the audit; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id53b93b99-390c-402d-96d0-02f75ad4cc42" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>disclose all relevant facts to the independent third-party conducting the audit, and not misrepresent in any manner, expressly or by implication, any relevant fact.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida00c2386-c4ed-4885-acf9-228b0f940d85" changed="not-changed"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Privacy safeguards</header><paragraph id="id27268811-e58e-449d-8783-021ef9da6921" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In issuing the public reports required under this section, a covered platform shall take steps to safeguard the privacy of its users, including ensuring that data is presented in a de-identified, aggregated format such that it is not reasonably linkable to any user.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb46a15d2-eb2f-402d-9a78-721fb8778a55" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>This section shall not be construed to require the disclosure of information that will lead to material vulnerabilities for the privacy of users or the security of a covered platform’s service or create a significant risk of the violation of Federal or State law.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id05073e8288024fb6ab360ebc6eede603" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definition of de-identified</header><text>As used in this subsection, the term <term>de-identified</term> means data that does not identify and is not linked or reasonably linkable to a device that is linked or reasonably linkable to an individual, regardless of whether the information is aggregated.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8fe4ee33-8850-4b2d-819a-7ea7c4af5f0a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Location</header><text>The public reports required under this section should be posted by a covered platform on an easy to find location on a publicly available website.</text></subsection></section><section id="ide3d6a9ca-ea92-4b03-9ebb-8f44c8ef6776" changed="not-changed"><enum>106.</enum><header>Market research</header><subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb7211be4a7384e1b9bfc90240af7bfcb"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition of research on
children</header><text>A covered platform shall not, in the case of a user or visitor that the covered platform knows is a child, conduct market or product-focused research on such child.</text></subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id775d1966209e419dbbb55071e961ed3b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Market research on minors</header><text>A covered platform may not, in the case of a user or visitor that the online platform knows is a minor, conduct market or product-focused research on such minor, unless the covered platform obtains verifiable parental consent (as defined in section 1302 of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/6501">15 U.S.C. 6501</external-xref>)) prior to conducting such research on such minor.</text></subsection></section><section id="id43fe8c4d-e881-41b0-819c-a88c54ed5043" changed="not-changed"><enum>107.</enum><header>Age verification study and report</header><subsection id="idcf4f5fdf-6bd7-46c1-ab08-b3a4993ef449" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission, shall conduct a study evaluating the most technologically feasible methods and options for developing systems to verify age at the device or operating system level.</text></subsection><subsection id="idb0fd400a-05ae-455c-9e18-84c7e92df45e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Such study shall consider—</text><paragraph id="idab6035ad-4e0c-4360-8acd-c3a3f97ebbee" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the benefits of creating a device or operating system level age verification system;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1c0aacbc-dbdb-4ae4-acee-a0e1bed5b10d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>what information may need to be collected to create this type of age verification system;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ided3cf78f-5e9d-4202-8cbc-10e217bb742a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the accuracy of such systems and their impact or steps to improve accessibility, including for individuals with disabilities;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7f4823b1-c866-40a4-8f70-4a91a790e9f6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>how such a system or systems could verify age while mitigating risks to user privacy and data security and safeguarding minors’ personal data, emphasizing minimizing the amount of data collected and processed by covered platforms and age verification providers for such a system;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6024f8cb-b5c0-4b08-a9a1-a8a07fcbb40e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the technical feasibility, including the need for potential hardware and software changes, including for devices currently in commerce and owned by consumers; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30b06bf2b5214ae2b4146d9e5ea6ae25" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the impact of different age verification systems on competition, particularly the risk of different age verification systems creating barriers to entry for small companies.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5b56ccb4-5e4a-47e9-9138-a2dd83862c4b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the agencies described in subsection (a) shall submit a report containing the results of the study conducted under such subsection to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.</text></subsection></section><section id="id40b445c0-5088-434b-96f5-e7cb441ed138" changed="not-changed"><enum>108.</enum><header>Guidance</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd8e0e2f5-0788-46e7-8a50-e98e5ef2c19b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall issue guidance to—</text><paragraph id="id54bd26a0-4594-48da-b622-bb59f3b859a5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide information and examples for covered platforms and auditors regarding the following, with consideration given to differences across English and non-English languages—</text><subparagraph id="idc04af779-5834-4260-8713-3ba64f1e864f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identifying design features that encourage or increase the frequency, time spent, or activity of minors on the covered platform;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idebde5db4-786d-4ee1-a00d-35500f386b3a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>safeguarding minors against the possible misuse of parental tools;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddc6fb2c9-404f-4aa2-a4d7-c562674cb18f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>best practices in providing minors and parents the most protective level of control over privacy and safety;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id10e438d4-d9c9-494d-a4b3-e5ee41676bb2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>using indicia or inferences of age of users for assessing use of the covered platform by minors;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idecf0d308-5eeb-4790-a8e5-c2460790d8e4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>methods for evaluating the efficacy of safeguards set forth in this title; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id793db100-2f4a-4a1b-9c2c-e0823a5d1522" changed="not-changed"><enum>(F)</enum><text>providing additional parental tool options that allow parents to address the harms described in section 102(a); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida5042a93-41fa-493a-9428-94fcfe27bc0b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>outline conduct that does not have the purpose or substantial effect of subverting or impairing user autonomy, decision-making, or choice, or of causing, increasing, or encouraging compulsive usage for a minor, such as—</text><subparagraph id="id47544f38-d1c0-4a75-a724-6571067c7ff4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>de minimis user interface changes derived from testing consumer preferences, including different styles, layouts, or text, where such changes are not done with the purpose of weakening or disabling safeguards or parental tools;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7f07861a-138b-4e99-a186-cfea12e80c2d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>algorithms or data outputs outside the control of a covered platform; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id48bff3e1-b992-4a23-bffa-2f45f55da940" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>establishing default settings that provide enhanced privacy protection to users or otherwise enhance their autonomy and decision-making ability.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7fd1552c47704efcb80a72323c7818d3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Guidance on knowledge standard</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall issue guidance to provide information, including best practices and examples, for covered platforms to understand how the Commission would determine whether a covered platform <quote>had knowledge fairly implied on the basis of objective circumstances</quote> for purposes of this title.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaedf79b4-f1d6-4ca4-95ef-c79df58ddc13" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on Federal Trade
Commission guidance</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf40b0c10-46b3-4344-ab7f-b8b417d0b20e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Effect of guidance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No guidance issued by the Federal Trade Commission with respect to this title shall—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63e3d54a-3c63-43a1-9e2c-bf2c8da696d1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">confer any rights on any person, State, or locality; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09920f39-a756-4a58-91ab-39ae318fbb8b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">operate to bind the Federal Trade Commission or any court, person, State, or locality to the approach recommended in such guidance.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1a3b95dd-dcec-457e-881c-c5bc55deb608" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use in enforcement actions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any enforcement action brought pursuant to this title, the Federal Trade Commission or a State attorney general, as applicable—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41b3d148-1e1f-4f67-9954-ddc8e77a63c3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall allege a violation of a provision of this title; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52fbd316-c983-4a5c-ad9f-0a3f63c0914a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may not base such enforcement action on, or execute a consent order based on, practices that are alleged to be inconsistent with guidance issued by the Federal Trade Commission with respect to this title, unless the practices are alleged to violate a provision of this title.</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">For purposes of
enforcing this title, State attorneys general shall take into account
any guidance issued by the Commission under subsection
(b).</continuation-text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="iddab2bfcc-2bf2-4548-87dd-edd2cff4c0ec" changed="not-changed"><enum>109.</enum><header>Enforcement</header><subsection id="id68a54e15-20f6-4cf7-8d14-53abb8a050d5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Enforcement by Federal Trade Commission</header><paragraph id="ideb1152e8-ae1f-4212-b4a4-c064ad6d91e4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Unfair and deceptive acts or practices</header><text>A violation of this title shall be treated as a violation of a rule defining an unfair or deceptive act or practice prescribed under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/57a">15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc691f5fe-ef5c-4072-a2e5-abad657f8cf9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Powers of the Commission</header><subparagraph id="id17231a5c-b407-4786-ae7a-eaa97d437bb2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Federal Trade Commission (referred to in this section as the <term>Commission</term>) shall enforce this title in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/41">15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.</external-xref>) were incorporated into and made a part of this title.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id57876c54-1e7d-4376-b46e-397d6ab9fdbd" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Privileges and immunities</header><text>Any person that violates this title shall be subject to the penalties, and entitled to the privileges and immunities, provided in the Federal Trade Commission Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/41">15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida846b8a2-a919-4b97-8b37-12fe3c4be155" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authority preserved</header><text>Nothing in this title shall be construed to limit the authority of the Commission under any other provision of law.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4343924b-f1cd-485d-8a3c-028f319c790c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Enforcement by State attorneys general</header><paragraph id="idfbfefcf8-3a52-4302-ad7f-c8ed667fd2e9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><subparagraph id="ide4a2a6e6-c69e-4bb5-9e9c-9b406ac9bb35" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Civil actions</header><text>In any case in which the attorney general of a State has reason to believe that a covered platform has violated or is violating section 103, 104, or 105, the State, as parens patriae, may bring a civil action on behalf of the residents of the State in a district court of the United States or a State court of appropriate jurisdiction to—</text><clause id="id1d5d996a-bcdc-4b34-998b-b622373a6831" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>enjoin any practice that violates section 103, 104, or 105;</text></clause><clause id="id93a3a01a-6f0f-41e2-9bfa-b40b18611577" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>enforce compliance with section 103, 104, or 105;</text></clause><clause id="id16f4d3bf-d87e-4e2f-bc98-8be00aa5daa2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>on behalf of residents of the State, obtain damages, restitution, or other compensation, each of which shall be distributed in accordance with State law; or</text></clause><clause id="iddd1d6fa6-89a8-4c49-bf1f-3c60065f4e14" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>obtain such other relief as the court may consider to be appropriate.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8d3b2039-724b-4048-b369-56c315c34354" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notice</header><clause id="id8fd6acbc-9c73-4444-a7b5-bb82ee7f9e6f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Before filing an action under subparagraph (A), the attorney general of the State involved shall provide to the Commission—</text><subclause id="idd2c40efb-7778-4101-b0a4-2325decf9227" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>written notice of that action; and</text></subclause><subclause id="ida7aa8713-7ec3-4320-93b9-4d53940e6e22" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a copy of the complaint for that action.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id2d3f9b61-34bc-4df0-995a-95b1becb5d8e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exemption</header><subclause id="id530fce9b-7725-442d-b340-9c90ce5a569e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Clause (i) shall not apply with respect to the filing of an action by an attorney general of a State under this paragraph if the attorney general of the State determines that it is not feasible to provide the notice described in that clause before the filing of the action.</text></subclause><subclause id="ida320fb3f-8708-4d24-bd86-f148431b1019" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>In an action described in subclause (I), the attorney general of a State shall provide notice and a copy of the complaint to the Commission at the same time as the attorney general files the action.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf3d865dd-94a2-45d0-b0f4-d5fb27379f81" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Intervention</header><subparagraph id="idaef609b3-1ba1-49b3-af81-91527d23bf86" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On receiving notice under paragraph (1)(B), the Commission shall have the right to intervene in the action that is the subject of the notice.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf87bc664-fc0a-4156-863c-47da03f2996e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effect of intervention</header><text>If the Commission intervenes in an action under paragraph (1), it shall have the right—</text><clause id="idbf8eff91-de4c-4667-8e1c-0243ba990e24" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to remove the action to the appropriate United States district court;</text></clause><clause changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73df20ca4ba644c1a45cd80044ebff5d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to be heard with respect to any matter that arises in that action; and</text></clause><clause id="id56fbe7dc-fbb2-491f-ac80-b21a4a0c4c1a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to file a petition for appeal.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc95ce1f0-b257-4cf4-b98b-2fae7e2be5b3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>For purposes of bringing any civil action under paragraph (1), nothing in this title shall be construed to prevent an attorney general of a State from exercising the powers conferred on the attorney general by the laws of that State to—</text><subparagraph id="id72743a6a-18d8-4d3c-ab81-834e5d7517f2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conduct investigations;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id575a2413-543d-47c7-a2f7-f651c8861fa0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>administer oaths or affirmations; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc8d4112a-ccd7-4246-a8f4-e3a5ded2257b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>compel the attendance of witnesses or the production of documentary and other evidence.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0bb90f0a-6637-4fe3-882e-97aaa4307c03" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Actions by the commission</header><text>In any case in which an action is instituted by or on behalf of the Commission for violation of this title, no State may, during the pendency of that action, institute a separate action under paragraph (1) against any defendant named in the complaint in the action instituted by or on behalf of the Commission for that violation.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8eb60c66-74fc-4508-a4f3-3cb089f97006" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Venue; service of process</header><subparagraph id="id0fe6d0bc-267a-4339-9328-a15e6efb57ce" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Venue</header><text>Any action brought under paragraph (1) may be brought in—</text><clause id="idf2593ac2-d799-40ca-a9bd-abf06bb870a0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the district court of the United States that meets applicable requirements relating to venue under section 1391 of title 28, United States Code; or</text></clause><clause id="idd41c08dc-2135-4c22-93a7-7733b7174041" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a State court of competent jurisdiction.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida28ff6ef-b62d-444b-83c3-029975f8e8c7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Service of process</header><text>In an action brought under paragraph (1) in a district court of the United States, process may be served wherever defendant—</text><clause id="id07c775fe-82e8-4579-a645-9fb8b82c2f2e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is an inhabitant; or</text></clause><clause id="id6a045cc4-350d-40f0-92b5-5650c5af1804" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may be found.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc67f6cf8f24c4e00be3c53b25a62f7b7"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>A violation of section 102 shall not form the basis of liability in any action brought by the attorney general of a State under a State law.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id593a8ef1-2e68-4c53-8753-59a311137591" changed="not-changed"><enum>110.</enum><header>Kids online safety council</header><subsection id="id616126bb-9b7e-4416-bf0b-ef0b1b166083" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established a Kids Online Safety Council (in this section referred to as the <term>Council</term>).</text></subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1e616bf2857143e6a7367bddad1722ad"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The duties of the Council shall be to provide reports to Congress with recommendations and advice on matters related to the safety of minors online. The matters to be addressed by the Council shall include—</text><paragraph id="idfebfb57e-5963-438e-843d-14abf6ac8bfc" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identifying emerging or current risks of harms to minors associated with online platforms;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idffe1113f-7fa3-4f01-ac06-6e8b5a376cd5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recommending measures and methods for assessing, preventing, and mitigating harms to minors online;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7b51fe3e-7424-4ab7-86e0-0b3ef3b0351c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>recommending methods and themes for conducting research regarding online harms to minors, including in English and non-English languages; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1a2145da-f8c5-406c-8f39-ef466235c5f7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>recommending best practices and clear, consensus-based technical standards for transparency reports and audits, as required under this title, including methods, criteria, and scope to promote overall accountability.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id360451464fc04af0a0082f3b88380d6a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Number and appointment of members</header><text>The Council shall be comprised of 11 members, of whom—</text><paragraph id="id40be423e65dd45ceb1fe9170fdbaa131"><enum>(1)</enum><text>3 members shall be appointed by the President, including—</text><subparagraph id="id1ebd1abb151e40eeb432e788a60e0aea"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary of Commerce or a designee of the Secretary; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc42fba3b527b4ff88b5cf605e71b7d79"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary of Health and Human Services or a designee of the Secretary;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id72c528d8eea14c3d99fada86de18960a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>2 members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id67744aca9ec94958aac87d74f000ce05"><enum>(3)</enum><text>2 members shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id702bc9ac12cb42de941449e4ec19f01b"><enum>(4)</enum><text>2 members shall be appointed by the Majority Leader of the Senate; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idda60e9cc41ff44229dbaadde6ed043c5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>2 members shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6746e9a3a07943328582e53b2bc70e4a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Timing of appointments</header><text>Each of the appointments under subsection (c) shall be made not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection><subsection id="idea8b5f3c45854a7e878f4069de1a7174"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Terms; vacancies</header><text>Each member of the Council shall be appointed for the life of the Council, and a vacancy in the Council shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made.</text></subsection><subsection id="idc00defb88c0b47b59ee2443ad28d9f8f"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Chairperson; vice chairperson</header><text>The Council, once it has been fully appointed, shall select its own Chair and Vice Chair.</text></subsection><subsection id="idcfab30dd516845009f343ed5f4a53f7d"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Participation</header><text>The Council shall consist of 1 member from each of the following:</text><paragraph id="id73619dbbfe6b49688754f4cc5a1add89"><enum>(1)</enum><text>academic experts with specific expertise in the prevention of online harms to minors;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf831d5e44020472590c8b4a4b1c21805"><enum>(2)</enum><text>researchers with specific expertise in social media studies;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7d540910a3c04c698c7eb1d3ee21f9fa"><enum>(3)</enum><text>parents with demonstrated experience in child online safety;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf1918ef073384787b0ff139d5d0237c3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>youth representatives with demonstrated experience in child online safety;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id17dfc7ecdfea4a829a183925dfbbd8f7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>educators with demonstrated experience in child online safety;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1751808eeb1945df941ebcc2074b2e91"><enum>(6)</enum><text>representatives of online platforms;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idab3a476936c74a578431632f53809270"><enum>(7)</enum><text>representatives of online video games;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7abc5d2a0d794e09ab26c20d1be52341"><enum>(8)</enum><text>State attorneys general or their designees acting in State or local government; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5e61514f3bd045e6b0e691f76ee9149b"><enum>(9)</enum><text>representatives of communities of socially disadvantaged individuals (as defined in section 8 of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/637">15 U.S.C. 637</external-xref>)).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf6d7cd41d05e437f8928ff65b6cba3c3"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Reports</header><paragraph id="idd41abe387fe144ba912b6f86f9ae7f32"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Interim report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the initial meeting of the Council, the Council shall submit to Congress an interim report that includes a detailed summary of the work of the Council and any preliminary findings of the Council.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb6cdd46b2bb74abb94eaef6940b60123"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Final report</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of the initial meeting of the Council, the Council shall submit to Congress a final report that includes—</text><subparagraph id="idebc2b5e32ba847fa86a93b9185e53484"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a detailed statement of the findings and conclusions of the Council;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id810df5271d7e45768126f872e72f79a6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>dissenting opinions of any member of the Council who does not support the findings and conclusions referred to in subparagraph (A); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id443888bd528b4f1094001bfbe170a853"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any recommendations for legislative and administrative actions to address online safety for children and prevent harms to minors.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb220b81c7e8945ac859e3d48bc579156"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The Council shall terminate not later than 30 days after the submission of the final report required under subsection (h)(2).</text></subsection><subsection id="id11a51cfd4a344787b419676a037ec1c7"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Non-Applicability of FACA</header><text>The Kids Online Safety Council shall not be subject to <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/10">chapter 10</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the <quote>Federal Advisory Committee Act</quote>).</text></subsection></section><section id="id180a6eec-a692-4be6-8e35-c415e21736b3" changed="not-changed"><enum>111.</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in this title, this title shall take effect on the date that is 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></section><section id="ida87e48de-4b93-4a7a-8b75-b35dffff8fae" changed="not-changed"><enum>112.</enum><header>Rules of construction and other matters</header><subsection id="id8430436b-4b1e-4925-b029-2c944531ae94" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Relationship to other laws</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this title shall be construed to—</text><paragraph id="ide7332b95-28ec-4aee-9a0d-495f2114f05f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">preempt section 444 of the General Education Provisions Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1232g">20 U.S.C. 1232g</external-xref>, commonly known as the <quote>Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974</quote>) or other Federal or State laws governing student privacy;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3667f69b-a102-4b05-baba-047ecf836a7e" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>preempt the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/6501">15 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.</external-xref>) or any rule or regulation promulgated under such Act;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddd3bdf59-7dd1-48ec-83b7-52baebddddad" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">authorize any action that would conflict with section 18(h) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/57a">15 U.S.C. 57a(h)</external-xref>); or</text></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" changed="not-changed" commented="no" id="id4F88DFE20B654E4DAC7229646F7ED171"><enum>(4)</enum><text>expand, limit the scope, or alter the meaning of section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 (commonly known as <quote>section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/230">47 U.S.C. 230</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id608457ac96364c45a204283e4cc4d863" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determination of <quote>fairly implied on the basis of objective
circumstances</quote></header><text>For purposes of enforcing this title, in making a determination as to whether covered platform has knowledge fairly implied on the basis of objective circumstances that a specific user is a minor, the Federal Trade Commission or a State attorney general shall rely on competent and reliable evidence, taking into account the totality of the circumstances, including whether a reasonable and prudent person under the circumstances would have known that the user is a minor.</text></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id231cd811-b4d6-4793-b59c-0c1e88c247dd" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Protections for privacy</header><text>Nothing in this title, including a determination described in subsection (b), shall be construed to require—</text><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="idc73bea72-c19c-4e04-ae7f-fcbc60795c0d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the affirmative collection of any personal data with respect to the age of users that a covered platform is not already collecting in the normal course of business; or</text></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id4edb0f78-79d5-4fa6-bd72-d38384266f49" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a covered platform to implement an age gating or age verification functionality.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id0fb9b5ce-f817-43da-b25a-31ca96f96e6a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Compliance</header><text>Nothing in this title shall be construed to restrict a covered platform’s ability to—</text><paragraph id="id214af182-c8e7-466c-ba84-c1407c172c68" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>cooperate with law enforcement agencies regarding activity that the covered platform reasonably and in good faith believes may violate Federal, State, or local laws, rules, or regulations;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4ea7ae4d-10bd-4986-acd5-721f9df07549" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>comply with a lawful civil, criminal, or regulatory inquiry, subpoena, or summons by Federal, State, local, or other government authorities;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide35dba68-0792-4d26-a2df-2959dae3093e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>investigate, establish, exercise, respond to, or defend against legal claims;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1c012a2a14e84b9e9010021aa2fbb3f6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>prevent, detect, protect against, or respond to any security incident, identity theft, fraud, harassment, malicious or deceptive activity, or any illegal activities; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd81c865f8e4f4ed78a1ce398ea5c0f73"><enum>(5)</enum><text>investigate or report those responsible for any action described in paragraph (4).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id60ccb9c0d56c4147bf225c374f02240e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Application to video streaming services</header><text>A video streaming service shall be deemed to be in compliance with this title if it predominantly consists of news, sports, entertainment, or other video programming content that is preselected by the provider and not user-generated, and—</text><paragraph id="ide9d86c202f8c4afe99d4eb93c5e1d5c8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any chat, comment, or interactive functionality is provided incidental to, directly related to, or dependent on provision of such content; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id83d042852ceb4c589827246d103838c4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if such video streaming service requires account owner registration and is not predominantly news or sports, the service includes the capability—</text><subparagraph id="idb56375e1e44547619c8cd47082b0e6d0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to limit a minor’s access to the service, which may utilize a system of age-rating;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfdbbc904299145bb9636e21a2be83163" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to limit the automatic playing of on-demand content selected by a personalized recommendation system for an individual that the service knows is a minor;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id72e1bbc2ba2e4274bd4f03783854dff7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for a parent to manage a minor’s privacy and account settings, and restrict purchases and financial transactions by a minor, where applicable;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbe932d01971e498c9f86b49367579b8e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to provide an electronic point of contact specific to matters described in this paragraph;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0608475a536044ea80ca48ac6b7e1fa9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to offer a clear, conspicuous, and easy-to-understand notice of its policies and practices with respect to the capabilities described in this paragraph; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide528bb86fbe44db791748efc8877bad6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(F)</enum><text>when providing on-demand content, to employ measures that safeguard against serving advertising for narcotic drugs, cannabis products, tobacco products, gambling, or alcohol directly to the account or profile of an individual that the service knows is a minor.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Filter Bubble Transparency</header><section changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9cae1de9df914545b7690d953790a301"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text><paragraph id="idE4C1747DA88E4E30B7DEB4441B896736" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Algorithmic ranking system</header><text>The term <term>algorithmic ranking system</term> means a computational process, including one derived from algorithmic decision-making, machine learning, statistical analysis, or other data processing or artificial intelligence techniques, used to determine the selection, order, relative prioritization, or relative prominence of content from a set of information that is provided to a user on an online platform, including the ranking of search results, the provision of content recommendations, the display of social media posts, or any other method of automated content selection.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id20e9df0fc5c34b4d92ed29691378a353" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Approximate geolocation information</header><text>The term <term>approximate geolocation information</term> means information that identifies the location of an individual, but with a precision of less than 5 miles.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id18E4068C220A4C09A3A38D5C7F35DAC1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Commission</header><text>The term <term>Commission</term> means the Federal Trade Commission.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id189d9e4dd9804c708bee8da1fb26532d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Connected device</header><text>The term <term>connected device</term> means an electronic device that—</text><subparagraph id="id167a1348eaef420b9b0fc717fa2bbdb4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is capable of connecting to the internet, either directly or indirectly through a network, to communicate information at the direction of an individual;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id99d7c89ae4af4a49844f2763a5b46e45" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has computer processing capabilities for collecting, sending, receiving, or analyzing data; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74ced0fbe2b44fb19e7ab66d28c5fd9c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is primarily designed for or marketed to consumers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id392BC67482644F5292D2868703A88BE5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Input-transparent algorithm</header><subparagraph id="id35F0B6A7C4B04D2A81809E2A1A40F8E4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>input-transparent algorithm</term> means an algorithmic ranking system that does not use the user-specific data of a user to determine the selection, order, relative prioritization, or relative prominence of information that is furnished to such user on an online platform, unless the user-specific data is expressly provided to the platform by the user for such purpose.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDDD2798F08CA42DBA985CD5FD24ED9A9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Data expressly provided to the platform</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), user-specific data that is provided by a user for the express purpose of determining the selection, order, relative prioritization, or relative prominence of information that is furnished to such user on an online platform—</text><clause id="idD6804C236159427F9B887A1BED085E70" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>includes user-supplied search terms, filters, speech patterns (if provided for the purpose of enabling the platform to accept spoken input or selecting the language in which the user interacts with the platform), saved preferences, the resumption of a previous search, and the current precise geolocation information that is supplied by the user;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb7a2d6580ae54c1eb2bc8d63aef96b1a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>includes the user’s current approximate geolocation information;</text></clause><clause id="idA04CA0BA17EC41FAB9F74D843CF3FAC0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>includes data submitted to the platform by the user that expresses the user’s desire to receive particular information, such as the social media profiles the user follows, the video channels the user subscribes to, or other content or sources of content on the platform the user has selected;</text></clause><clause id="idD3CB04E3510E43FD92B84181E53DFCF6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>does not include the history of the connected device of the user, including the history of web searches and browsing, previous geographical locations, physical activity, device interaction, and financial transactions of the user; and</text></clause><clause id="idE6298D8B891E4E01B30A82A085545183" changed="not-changed"><enum>(v)</enum><text>does not include inferences about the user or the connected device of the user, without regard to whether such inferences are based on data described in clause (i) or (iii).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4fa5f8412e8948d9a6483915fd6053e4"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Online platform</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5657f14445824e7ea81e2243eb2e5056"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (B), the term <term>online platform</term> means any public-facing website, online service, online application, or mobile application that predominantly provides a community forum for user-generated content, such as sharing videos, images, games, audio files, or other content, including a social media service, social network, or virtual reality environment.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida7f2ec22f5c84b22987ff2886f31f7bc"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Scope</header><clause id="id6d5c12680a174f26b226d84c92b99976"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Incidental chat functions</header><text>A website, online service, online application, or mobile application is not an online platform solely on the basis that it includes a chat, comment, or other interactive function that is incidental to its predominant purpose.</text></clause><clause id="idcf932e725967474ca3e73e482f2667a8"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Review sites</header><text>A website, online service, online application, or mobile application that has the predominant purpose of providing travel reviews is not an online platform.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFD898DA770424DDAA9313C6427549BE5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Opaque algorithm</header><text>The term <term>opaque algorithm</term>—</text><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9a89ec0892784d109996653ee7c09d63"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">means an algorithmic ranking system that determines the selection, order, relative prioritization, or relative prominence of information that is furnished to such user on an online platform based, in whole or part, on user-specific data that was not expressly provided by the user to the platform for such purpose; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd9e5b34069fd439481ab4007b4fda580"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not include an algorithmic ranking system used by an online platform if—</text><clause commented="no" id="idD093D0DD698345D2B14693F74799C0A5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the only user-specific data (including inferences about the user) that the system uses is information relating to the age of the user; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id35556E4E1E05416EB17142CF2494139B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such information is only used to restrict the access of a user to content on the basis that the individual is not old enough to access such content.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idbc124e49abf643deb917738c46b860df" changed="not-changed"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Precise geolocation information</header><text>The term <term>precise geolocation information</term> means geolocation information that identifies the location of an individual to within a range of 5 miles or less.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id8104EA76C4E045D5A57384B33130A30C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(9)</enum><header>User-specific data</header><text>The term <term>user-specific data</term> means information relating to an individual or a specific connected device that would not necessarily be true of every individual or device.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id48FF5A1D7E4A49D391C19B7A3B70B7D7" changed="not-changed"><enum>202.</enum><header>Requirement to allow users to see unmanipulated content on internet
platforms</header><subsection id="idDB6692F9162341BF9C4BB0D8DF901227" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Beginning on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to operate an online platform that uses an opaque algorithm unless the person complies with the requirements of subsection (b).</text></subsection><subsection id="id1DF0303BA82E4ED2AE83CB2FA79A8A49" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Opaque algorithm requirements</header><paragraph id="id54E77957AC7D4CE78751E94731B6D6A3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The requirements of this subsection with respect to a person that operates an online platform that uses an opaque algorithm are the following:</text><subparagraph id="id6CD67BB003D04EF58FE51F7278703276" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The person provides users of the platform with the following notices:</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id672b9167ca284d3ea2f54954de949d9b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notice that the platform uses an opaque algorithm that uses user-specific data to select the content the user sees. Such notice shall be presented in a clear and conspicuous manner on the platform whenever the user interacts with an opaque algorithm for the first time, and may be a one-time notice that can be dismissed by the user.</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfecffb0fd3854bcb98ad4f6749c96042" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Notice, to be included in the terms and conditions of the online platform, in a clear, accessible, and easily comprehensible manner that is to be updated whenever the online platform makes a material change, of—</text><subclause id="id0d46625dda464e5d88c7347b5f8cc7f1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the most salient features, inputs, and parameters used by the algorithm;</text></subclause><subclause id="ida588ec35ec5c4923a73d846db0c74b3a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>how any user-specific data used by the algorithm is collected or inferred about a user of the platform, and the categories of such data;</text></subclause><subclause id="ida5d8a56688b14c338122d43774df8c64" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>any options that the online platform makes available for a user of the platform to opt out or exercise options under subparagraph (B), modify the profile of the user or to influence the features, inputs, or parameters used by the algorithm; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id6c3d45b65e584230ab4c6002e9667108" changed="not-changed"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>any quantities, such as time spent using a product or specific measures of engagement or social interaction, that the algorithm is designed to optimize, as well as a general description of the relative importance of each quantity for such ranking.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id30A6D65CC3CB4F339561DE38E68D621D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The online platform enables users to easily switch between the opaque algorithm and an input-transparent algorithm in their use of the platform.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9eaab2217bb64802b04d57cf9d372d75"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require an online platform to disclose any information, including data or algorithms—</text><subparagraph id="id08214c41efcb4b468d202d75da043a53"><enum>(A)</enum><text>relating to a trade secret or other protected intellectual property;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id582e2728774d4438af220b4ebd5bd26c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that is confidential business information; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbb3be26961554a26997853b18d51f86d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>that is privileged.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf72197c9098a4eadac904b47dea05319" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prohibition on differential pricing</header><text>An online platform shall not deny, charge different prices or rates for, or condition the provision of a service or product to a user based on the user’s election to use an input-transparent algorithm in their use of the platform, as provided under paragraph (1)(B).</text></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb0942b1925044154817c67c6c36f36df"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Special rule</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), an online platform shall provide the notice and opt-out described in paragraphs (1) and (2) to the educational agency or institution (as defined in section 444(a)(3) of the General Education Provisions Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1232g">20 U.S.C. 1232g(a)(3)</external-xref>), rather than to the user, when the online platform is acting on behalf of an educational agency or institution (as so defined), subject to a written contract that complies with the requirements of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1232g">15 U.S.C. 1232g(a)(3)</external-xref>) and section 444 of the General Education Provisions Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1232g">20 U.S.C. 1232g</external-xref>) (commonly known as the <quote>Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974</quote>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC86D8420AC2E434BB48D79916981ED7E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Enforcement by Federal Trade Commission</header><paragraph id="ida020661ec3ce48b3a54cf51295222fff" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Unfair or deceptive acts or practices</header><text>A violation of this section by an operator of an online platform shall be treated as a violation of a rule defining an unfair or deceptive act or practice prescribed under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/57a">15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf123071331364e8597b5d1683eda6ae0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Powers of commission</header><subparagraph id="ida3baa2fdeba64e19ba4cca5506e8e37a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Federal Trade Commission shall enforce this section in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/41">15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.</external-xref>) were incorporated into and made a part of this section.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide0b6dbb831e34211bed83ed40bdb02af" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Privileges and immunities</header><text>Any person who violates this section shall be subject to the penalties and entitled to the privileges and immunities provided in the Federal Trade Commission Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/41">15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbc0e6b8dd71b41b487e34b50fa58a185" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Authority preserved</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the Commission under any other provision of law.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc8b2c3443974401fb1d1aeee4711de0a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rule of construction To preserve personalized blocks</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or prohibit an online platform’s ability to, at the direction of an individual user or group of users, restrict another user from searching for, finding, accessing, or interacting with such user’s or group’s account, content, data, or online community.</text></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Relationship to State laws; severability</header><section id="idbef6df2d8ce8490eaabfb6b4379b4d98"><enum>301.</enum><header>Relationship to State laws</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The provisions of this Act shall preempt any State law, rule, or regulation only to the extent that such State law, rule, or regulation conflicts with a provision of this Act. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit a State from enacting a law, rule, or regulation that provides greater protection to minors than the protection provided by the provisions of this Act.</text></section><section id="idD501126FE2654006BE095E002F4AB111" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header>Severability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">If any provision of this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, is determined to be unenforceable or invalid, the remaining provisions of this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall not be affected.</text></section>