YourVoice.Now Summary
Civil LibertiesCorporate BenefitsTransparency & AccountabilityKids under 13 would lose their social media accounts — and schools must block it to keep internet discounts.
Civil Liberties
When a platform closes a child's account, it must delete the personal data it collected right away. It may keep a record that the account was closed.
For 90 days after the account closes, the family can ask for a copy of the child's data. The platform must send it in a form a person can read.
Platforms could not use a teen's personal data to pick or rank what they see. Device type, language, city, and age could still be used, and search would still work.
The bill does not require age checks or new age data. If a platform does collect age data to follow the law, it cannot use it for anything else.
Platforms would have to close any account they know belongs to a child under 13. They also could not let that child sign up again.
Schools that take federal E-Rate internet discounts would have to block social media on school devices and networks. Teachers could still use social media for lessons.
Schools would have to watch activity on school devices to see if students reach social media. They would not have to log search terms or browsing history.
Corporate Benefits
The rules skip video games, shopping sites, news and sports apps, email, texting, and video calls. Cloud storage, school learning systems, internet providers, and VPNs are also left out.
Breaking these rules would count as an unfair or deceptive business practice. The Federal Trade Commission could then seek penalties, as it does under consumer protection law.
Transparency & Accountability
The Federal Communications Commission would build a public database of the internet safety policies schools send in. Anyone could look up their own school's policy.
A state attorney general could sue a platform in federal court for state residents. They could seek money damages, refunds, or a court order to stop the practice.
To keep E-Rate discounts, a school must state each year that it blocks and watches for social media use. Schools that still do not comply after two years lose the discounts.
More about this bill
If your child is under 13, their social media accounts would be closed. Platforms would have to shut down any account they know belongs to a child. They would also delete the personal data they collected from that child. Your family would have 90 days to ask for a copy first. For anyone under 17, platforms could no longer use personal data to pick what shows up. Teens could still see posts from accounts they follow, in time order. Searches would still work. These rules would start one year after the bill becomes law. Platforms would not have to check anyone's age or ask for an ID. The rules apply only when a platform already knows a user is a child or teen. The Federal Trade Commission, the federal consumer watchdog, would enforce them. Your state attorney general could also sue a platform on behalf of residents. Many sites would fall outside these rules. Video games, shopping sites, email, texting, video calls, news apps, and school learning systems are all left out. States could still pass stronger rules of their own. A second part, the Eyes on the Board Act, changes what schools must do. Schools get cheaper internet through a federal program called E-Rate. To keep that discount, a school would have to block social media on school devices and networks. It would also have to watch whether students reach social media on them. Schools would not have to log search terms or browsing history. Teachers could still use social media to teach, and school learning systems would still work. Public libraries outside schools would not have to block anything. The Federal Communications Commission would post every school internet safety policy in a public database.
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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