The Kids Off Social Media Act would bar social media platforms from letting anyone under 13 create or keep an account, and would require platforms to terminate existing under-13 accounts and delete their personal data (with a 90-day window for the user to download a copy). For users under 17, platforms could not use personal data to power recommendation feeds, though chronological feeds of accounts a teen follows would still be allowed, along with narrow signals like device type, language, city, and age. The Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general would enforce the rules as unfair or deceptive practices, and the bill does not require platforms to add age-verification systems or collect new age data. COPPA, FERPA, and other student-privacy laws are preserved, and educational services, e-commerce sites, video games, email, direct messaging, video calls, and broadband internet access are carved out of the social media definition. A second title, the Eyes on the Board Act, would condition E-Rate broadband discounts for K-12 schools on certifying that they block and monitor student access to social media on subsidized networks and devices, with carve-outs for school learning systems and teacher-led instruction. The FCC would also publish a public database of school internet safety policies, while non-school public libraries would remain exempt from the new filtering certification.
Corporate Benefits
- Social media platform compliance scope — new under-13 ban and under-17 algorithmic limits
- ISP, e-commerce, gaming, email, messaging — carved out of social media definition
- Edtech and school information systems — exempted from coverage and school filtering
Average Household Impact
- Under-13 access to mainstream social media — barred at account creation
- Personalized recommendation feeds for teens 13-16 — restricted on social platforms
- Social media access on E-Rate networks — blocked on subsidized school devices
Civil Liberties
- Teen 13-16 algorithmic content access — federal limits extend beyond under-13 target
- Age-verification mandate — explicitly barred from being required by the Act
- All-user age-signaling pressure — 'knowledge fairly implied' standard creates de-facto signaling
Transparency & Accountability
- FCC public database — school internet safety policies posted publicly
- Schools must submit internet safety policies — with E-Rate certifications
Congressional Summary
Kids Off Social Media ActThis 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
- 2026-02-09
- Date Added
- 2026-05-29
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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