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The bill gives schools and authorities tools and enforcement options to limit social media on campus and address harms, but does so in a way that risks overblocking, leaves gaps for off‑campus protection, and could impose costs and legal uncertainty for platforms and users.
Students: social media access can be restricted on campus during the school day, which is likely to reduce in-class distractions and improve attention and learning.
Students, parents, and schools: campuses gain a tool to limit harmful online interactions during school hours while still allowing emergency alerts to go through.
Taxpayers and schools: the FTC is given clearer enforcement authority to hold platforms accountable for noncompliance, creating federal remedies and deterrence against violations.
Teachers, students, and nearby lawful users: location-based blocking risks overblocking or inadvertent service disruption for staff or off-campus users who are physically near campuses.
Students and parents: relying on geofencing without requiring age verification can leave underage users unprotected off-campus and produce uneven protections across districts.
Taxpayers and middle-class families: social media companies may face compliance costs to implement geofencing, which could be passed on to consumers or reduce platform services.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires social media platforms to geofence and block access on K–12 campuses during the local school day, with emergency-notification exceptions and enforcement by the FTC and state attorneys general.
Introduced September 8, 2025 by Angela Craig · Last progress September 8, 2025
Requires social media platforms to block access to their services on K–12 school campuses during the local regular school day using geofencing, while allowing emergency push notifications (e.g., weather or AMBER alerts). The measure forbids imposing new age‑verification or age‑collection requirements beyond normal business practices and makes violations unlawful unfair or deceptive acts enforceable by the Federal Trade Commission and by state attorneys general through civil actions.