H.R. 7757 · 119th Congress · pending
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Latest official action 2026-07-13 · Referred
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 bil…
Congressional Research Service · 2026-03-03
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Registrant: KOUNTOUPES DENHAM CARR & REID, LLC · 2026 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30)
$80,000
Reported firm income from this client, all topics
Science/Technology
Issues related to online safety and data privacy, including H.R. 6265, Safer GAMING Act and H.R. 7757, The KIDS Act.
Lobbyists named: DAVID PAUL PELUSO, ADAM HECHAVARRIA, LISA KOUNTOUPES
Congress inferred from reporting year; verify the bill reference in the source.
Registrant: KOUNTOUPES DENHAM CARR & REID, LLC · 2026 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30)
$70,000
Reported firm income from this client, all topics
Science/Technology
Issues related to online safety, content moderation, artificial intelligence, age-verification, and data privacy, including H.R. 7757, The KIDS Act.
Lobbyists named: DAVID PAUL PELUSO, MJ KENNY, LISA KOUNTOUPES, ADAM HECHAVARRIA
Congress inferred from reporting year; verify the bill reference in the source.
2,409 latest lobbying reports imported. Some source imports are still in progress.
Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.
Sponsor
House · KY District 2 · Republican
$3,173,896PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
House · NJ District 6 · Democratic
$1,619,699PAC receipts · 2025–2026
1 of 1 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.
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