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House Bill 4826
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Safe Social Media Act
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Introduced in House on Jul 24, 2023
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H. R. 4826 (Introduced-in-House)


118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4826


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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 24, 2023

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

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 the FTC on social media use by teenagers.

The Federal Trade Commission, in coordination with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall—

(1) conduct a study on social media platform use among individuals younger than age 18, 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 often such individuals use social media platforms daily;

(D) differences in use of social media platforms related to the age ranges of such individuals;

(E) mental health effects on such individuals linked to the use of social media platforms; and

(F) potential harmful effects on such individuals from extended social media platform use; and

(2) not later than 1 year 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.

SEC. 3. Definition of social media platform.

In this Act, the term “social media platform” means a public-facing website, internet application, or mobile internet application, including a social network, video sharing service, ad network, mobile operating system, search engine, email service, or internet access service, that has not less than 30,000,000 active monthly users in the United States.