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Bipartisan KIDS Act Deal Advances Youth Online Safety

6/22/2026

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A bipartisan agreement on the KIDS Act, a dozen online-safety bills for youth, was reached.
House Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie and ranking member Frank Pallone announced the deal on H.R. 7757 and sent the bill to the full House.
The revised package requires platforms to adopt youth-harm-prevention policies, adds a data-broker restriction on minors’ information, and includes a Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act to strengthen teenage privacy settings.

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Story summary

A bipartisan agreement on the KIDS Act, a dozen online-safety bills for youth, was reached.
House Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie and ranking member Frank Pallone announced the deal on H.R. 7757 and sent the bill to the full House.
The revised package requires platforms to adopt youth-harm-prevention policies, adds a data-broker restriction on minors’ information, and includes a Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act to strengthen teenage privacy settings.