Protecting Kids on Social Media Act

3.0.0 1291 2025-12-05T08:04:40Z 2025-12-05T08:04:40Z Senate S S 2023-04-26 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1291 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-04-26T15:29:44Z Protecting Kids on Social Media Act 118 6149 HR 2023-11-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce. Identical bill CRS 2023-04-26 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2023-04-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI N C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2023-04-26 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2023-04-26 True B001319 Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL] Katie Britt R AL 2023-04-26 True W000800 Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] Peter Welch D VT 2023-06-07 False M001190 Sen. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK] Markwayne Mullin R OK 2023-06-07 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2023-06-07 False R000618 Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE] Pete Ricketts R NE 2023-06-07 False F000479 Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] John Fetterman D PA K. 2023-07-27 False H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2023-07-27 False M001198 Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] Roger Marshall R KS 2023-07-27 False Commerce Commerce 2023-07-31T16:15:20Z

00 2023-04-26 Introduced in Senate 2023-10-26T14:40:24Z Protecting Kids on Social Media Act This bill requires social media platforms to verify the age of account holders and limits access to such platforms by children. Specifically, social media platforms (1) must verify the age of account holders, (2) may not allow an individual to create or continue to use an account unless the individual's age has been verified, and (3) must limit access to the platform for children under the age of 13. Social media platforms may not use or retain any information collected during the age verification process for any other purpose. Further, platforms must take reasonable steps to (1) require affirmative consent from the parent or guardian of a minor who is at least 13 years old to create an account for the minor on the platform, and (2) provide the parent or guardian with the ability to revoke such consent. Social media platforms may not use the personal data of an individual in an algorithmic recommendation system unless the individual is at least 18 years old according to the platform's age verification process. The bill requires the Department of Commerce to establish a voluntary pilot program to provide secure digital identification credentials for individuals to use when verifying their age on social media platforms. Commerce may issue rules for social media companies to enroll in the program. The bill provides for enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general (or other authorized state officials).

Protecting Kids on Social Media Act Display Title 45 Protecting Kids on Social Media Act 2024-07-24T15:22:31Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Protecting Kids on Social Media Act 2024-05-24T13:40:36Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to require that social media platforms verify the age of their users, prohibit the use of algorithmic recommendation systems on individuals under age 18, require parental or guardian consent for social media users under age 18, and prohibit users who are under age 13 from accessing social media platforms. 2023-05-05T04:58:48Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s1291is/xml/BILLS-118s1291is.xml 2023-04-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.