YourVoice.Now Summary
Civil LibertiesCorporate BenefitsTransparency & AccountabilityKids under 13 would lose social media accounts, teens under 17 would lose ranked feeds, and school wifi would block the apps.
Civil Liberties
When a child's account closes, the platform must erase the data it kept. The child gets 90 days to ask for a copy first.
The bill says platforms cannot be required to add age checks or collect new age data. If they do collect age data to comply, they may only use it for that and must not keep it longer than needed.
Platforms could not let anyone they know is under 13 keep an account, and would have to close ones they already have. The rule starts one year after the bill becomes law.
Platforms could not use a teen's personal data to rank what they see, though device type, language, and city are still allowed. They could still show posts from accounts the teen follows, in the order posted.
Schools that take federal internet discounts must block social media on school networks and devices. Teachers can still use it to teach, and public libraries are left out.
Corporate Benefits
The platform rules cover apps whose main job is a public feed of user posts. Video games, online stores, streaming, email, and chat apps are left out.
Breaking the rules would count as an unfair or deceptive business act. The FTC could step in, and state attorneys general could sue on behalf of residents.
Transparency & Accountability
Schools already tell the FCC that they have an internet safety policy. They would now have to send in the policy itself, and the FCC would post it online for all to see.
More about this bill
Children under 13 would lose their social media accounts under this bill. Platforms would have to close any account they know belongs to a child. They would also erase that child's personal data. Families would get 90 days to download a copy first. Teens under 17 would stop seeing feeds picked by an algorithm. Platforms could still show posts from accounts a teen chose to follow, in the order posted. These rules would start one year after the bill became law. The rules cover apps whose main job is a public feed of user posts. Video games, online stores, streaming services, email, and messaging apps are left out. Platforms would not have to check anyone's ID. The bill says it cannot be read to require age checks. Breaking the rules would count as an unfair business practice. The Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general could sue. A second part of the bill reaches into schools. Schools that take federal internet discounts (the E-Rate program) would have to block social media. The block would apply to school networks and devices. Teachers could still use social media to teach. Public libraries would not be covered. A school that knowingly breaks its promise would have to pay the discounts back. Schools would also send their internet safety policies to the Federal Communications Commission. That agency would post each one in a public database.
Congressional Summary
Kids Off Social Media Act This bill limits children’s access to social media platforms and requires both platforms and schools to implement certain restrictions on children’s social media usage. Specifically, the bill prohibits social media platforms from knowingly allowing children under the age of 13 to create or maintain accounts. Platforms must delete existing accounts held by children and any personal data collected from child users. Platforms are also generally prohibited from using automated systems to suggest or promote content based on personal data collected from users under the age of 17. The bill directs the Federal Trade Commission to enforce these provisions. States may also bring civil actions against platforms whose violations of these provisions have adversely affected their residents. Further, as a condition of receiving discounted telecommunications service under the Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support (E-Rate) program, schools must enforce policies preventing the use of E-Rate-supported services, networks, and devices to access social media, and must use blocking or filtering technology to prevent such access. Schools that do not make a good faith effort to comply and correct known violations are required to reimburse any E-Rate support they received for the applicable period. Schools must also submit copies of their internet safety policies to the Federal Communications Commission for publication. Under the bill, social media platforms are defined as public-facing sites that function primarily as forums for user-generated content. Some categories of online platforms are explicitly excluded, including sites that provide primarily videoconferencing, emailing, or educational services.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2026-02-05
- Date Added
- 2026-04-23
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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