Bill > S1291

This bill, the Protecting Kids on Social Media Act, aims to enhance online safety for children and teenagers on social media platforms. The key provisions include: 1. Requiring social media platforms to verify the age of their users using reasonable steps beyond just user attestation, and prohibiting platforms from permitting individuals under 13 from accessing their services. 2. Mandating that social media platforms obtain parental or guardian consent for users under 18 to create accounts, and provide parents/guardians the ability to revoke such consent. 3. Prohibiting social media platforms from using algorithmic recommendation systems to target or recommend content to individuals under 18 based on their personal data. 4. Establishing a voluntary federal pilot program to provide secure digital identification credentials that users can use to verify their age or parent/guardian relationship with social media platforms. 5. Empowering the Federal Trade Commission and state Attorneys General to enforce the Act's requirements, including through civil penalties for violations. The bill aims to create a safer online environment for minors by increasing transparency and user control over data collection and algorithmic curation on social media platforms.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1291/all-info