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KIDS Act
Latest action (Jul 13, 2026) — Received in the Senate and Read twice and on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
What it does
Congressional Research Service, Mar 3, 2026Kids 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.
Face Value
as passed the HouseHow much of this bill its name accounts for.
- Every bill starts at100
- Areas of law−16
Amends 3 separate titles of the US Code: 5, 18, 44.
- Length−6
66 sections, against 20 before length counts against a bill.
Face Value measures reach, not honesty. A big bill can be accurately named, and a low score is not an accusation — it means the contents reach further than any short title could describe. Count it yourself ↗ How this is worked out
What Congress did
1 recordedOn , as Amendeddecisive vote
House · Jun 29, 2026
A fast-track vote: no amendments, short debate, and two thirds needed to pass. Used for bills expected to be uncontroversial.
Who lobbied on this
8 organizationsThese organizations told Congress, in their own quarterly disclosures, that they were lobbying on this bill.
- American Express Companyno position stated
“…amendments related to the CCCA and credit card interest rate caps H.R. 3403, the SEAT Act of 2025, provisions related to restaurant reservations BOTS H.R 7757, the KIDS Act of 2025-2026, provisions related to advertising and marketing H.R. 8413, the SECURE Act, provisions related to consumer and…” filing ↗
- American Property Casualty Insurance Associationno position stated
“…lobbied without specific bill number: Data Privacy S. 245 Cyber Insurance Working Group S. 389 Lithium-Ion Batterie Safety H.R. 5079 Cyber Breaches H.R. 7757 Data Privacy” filing ↗
- Ctia - the Wireless Associationno position stated
“…H.R. 7757 - KIDS Act (all…” filing ↗
- Dell Technologies, Inc.no position stated
“…Act H.R. 2385, CREATE AI Act H.R. 6996, Full AI Stack Export Promotion Act H.R. 2289, American Broadband Deployment Act H.R. 8413, Secure Data Act H.R. 7757, Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act H.R. 8800 / S. 4784, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027” filing ↗
- Food Marketplace Inc.no position stated
“…Online Privacy Protection Act H.R. 6484 - Kids Online Safety Act H.R. 3149 - App Store Accountability Act H.R. 6333 - Parents Over Platforms Act H.R. 7757 - Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act H.R. 4966 / S. 3892 - Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Store Act of 2026” filing ↗
- Human Rights Campaignno position stated
“…1329: Smithsonian American Womens History Museum Act H.R. 9487: No Goodwill for Harming Women Act H.R. 8587: Safeguarding Honest Speech Act of 2026 H.R. 7757: KIDS Act H.R. 8646: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027 H.R. 8845:…” filing ↗
- Motion Picture Association, Inc.no position stated
“…Name-Image-Likeness and digital replicas H.R. 4591 NO FAKES Act of 2026 COPIED Act Kids Online Safety & Privacy Act Online age verification CLEAR Act H.R. 7757, KIDS Act H.R. 3149/S. 1586 App Store Accountability H.R. 6333/S. 4349 Parents over Platforms Act S. 3062 GUARD Act” filing ↗
- Target Corporationno position stated
“Issues surrounding online data and privacy, Kids Online Safety Act (S. 1748), the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act (HR 7757) and the Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act (S. 836 and HR…” filing ↗
Most filings say only that an organization lobbied on a bill, not which side it took — where that's the case we say so rather than guessing. Quotes are verbatim from the filing. How this is built.
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