Safe Social Media Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6290 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6290

 To require the Federal Trade Commission to conduct a study regarding 
                     social media use by teenagers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 25, 2025

Mr. Bentz (for himself and Ms. Schrier) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Federal Trade Commission to conduct a study regarding 
                     social media use by teenagers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Social Media Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT BY FTC ON SOCIAL MEDIA USE BY TEENAGERS.

    (a) In General.--The Federal Trade Commission, in coordination with 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services (acting through the 
Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use), shall--
            (1) conduct a study on social media platform use among 
        individuals younger than age 17, including--
                    (A) what personal information is collected by 
                social media platforms regarding such individuals;
                    (B) how such personal information is used by the 
                algorithms of the social media platforms;
                    (C) how such personal information is used with 
                respect to targeted advertising;
                    (D) how often such individuals use social media 
                platforms daily;
                    (E) differences in use of social media platforms 
                related to the age ranges of such individuals;
                    (F) mental health effects on such individuals 
                linked to the use of social media platforms; and
                    (G) potential harmful effects and benefits for such 
                individuals from extended social media platform use; 
                and
            (2) not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, submit to Congress a report on the findings of the 
        study under paragraph (1), including any recommended policy 
        changes based on such findings.
    (b) Exemption.--Subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, United 
States Code (commonly known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'') shall 
not apply to this section.

SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM.

    (a) In General.--In this Act, the term ``social media platform'' 
means a public-facing website, internet application, or mobile internet 
application, including a social network or video sharing service that--
            (1) serves the public; and
            (2) primarily provides a forum for user-generated content, 
        including messages, videos, images, games, and audio files.
    (b) Exclusions.--In this Act, the term ``social media platform'' 
does not include the following:
            (1) A provider of broadband internet access service (as 
        described in section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Federal 
        Regulations (or any successor regulation)).
            (2) Electronic mail.
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