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H.R. 7757 (119th): Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act or the KIDS Act

Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act or the KIDS Act This bill requires specified online platforms to establish safeguards for minors. The safeguards include (1) limiting access to specified sexual material, (2) providing parental controls on social media and online video game platforms, and (3) requiring artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to disclose certain information to users who are minors. First, publicly available online platforms on which more than one-third of the content is considered sexual material harmful to minors under the bill must adopt technology to identify minors and prevent them from accessing such material. Next, social media platforms must (1) implement default settings for minors that limit compulsive usage features and the ability of other users to communicate with minors, and (2) provide tools for parents to manage the privacy and account settings of a minor. Social media platforms may not allow ephemeral messaging features for minors. The bill also requires online video game platforms to provide tools that allow parents to (1) limit communication between a minor and other users of the platform, and (2) restrict purchases by a minor on the platform. Further, providers of AI chatbots must disclose to users who are minors (1) that the chatbot is an AI system and not a human, and (2) suicide and crisis intervention hotline information. Finally, the bill requires specified studies and reports about the effects of social media platforms on minors and provides for enforcement of the bill's requirements by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general.

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The KIDS Act (H.R. 7757) requires certain online platforms to protect minors. Platforms where more than one-third of content is sexual material harmful to minors must use technology to identify minors and block their access. Social media platforms must set default minor settings that limit compulsive features and other users' ability to contact minors, provide parental privacy and account tools, and bar ephemeral messaging for minors. Online video game platforms must give parents tools to limit minors' communication and restrict their purchases. AI chatbot providers must disclose to minor users that the chatbot is not human and provide suicide and crisis hotline information. The bill also requires studies and reports on social media effects on minors and provides enforcement by the FTC and state attorneys general.

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Theological note: The measure bears on the protection of children from sexual corruption and exploitative exposure, a concern Scripture treats seriously (Matthew 18:6; Proverbs 22:6). Its parental tools touch on parental authority and family integrity. Age-identification mechanisms and content regulation raise prudential questions about privacy, lawful speech, and the state's proper reach, which Christians should weigh carefully with the duty of parents and the limits of civil power. This is issue relevance, not a final candidate judgment.

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How this bill is scored

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Roll 228 · 29-Jun-2026 7:01 PM · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · Passed

Yea 267 · Nay 117 · Other 47

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