Sens. Cruz, Schatz, Murphy, Britt Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Keep Kids Safe, Healthy, and Off Social Media
January 29, 2025
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-TX), Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Katie Britt (R-AL) introduced bipartisan legislation to keep kids off social media and help protect them from its harmful impacts. The Kids Off Social Media Act (S.278) would set a minimum age of 13 to use social media platforms and prevent social media companies from feeding algorithmically-targeted content to users under the age of 17. The Kids Off Social Media Act is cosponsored by Senators Peter Welch (D-VT), Ted Budd (R-NC), John Fetterman (D-PA), Angus King (I-ME), Mark Warner (D-VA) and John Curtis (R-UT). The Kids Off Social Media Act would:
- Prohibit social media platforms from allowing children under the age of 13 to create or maintain social media accounts;
- Prohibit social media companies from pushing targeted content using algorithms to users under the age of 17;
- Provide the FTC and state attorneys general authority to enforce the provisions of the bill; and
- Require schools to work in good faith to limit social media on their federally-funded networks, which many schools already do.
Sens. Cruz, Schatz, Murphy, Britt Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Keep Kids Safe, Healthy, and Off Social Media S.278 - A bill to prohibit users who are under age 13 from accessing social media platforms, to prohibit the use of personalized