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The bill expands federally coordinated online-safety education and transparency to help protect minors online, but it increases federal costs and raises privacy and content-scope concerns for families.
Children and teens will gain nationwide access to coordinated online-safety education and resources within 180 days, increasing awareness of online risks and promoting safer online behavior.
Parents, educators, and schools will receive promoted best practices and publicly accessible materials to help protect minors online, improving the ability of families and schools to support and supervise youth internet use.
State and federal agencies and nonprofits will benefit from strengthened federal coordination and annual reporting for 10 years, increasing transparency and accountability for government efforts to protect minors online.
Children and teens and their families could face increased privacy and surveillance risks if expanded federal involvement and information exchange with industry and schools leads to broader data-sharing about minors without strict limits.
Parents and families could see federal outreach covering contested or sensitive topics (e.g., substance access, gambling, mental-health interventions) due to broad definitions of 'online safety,' raising disputes about appropriate content and parental control.
Taxpayers could face increased costs from establishing and operating a nationwide FTC-led education campaign and ongoing reporting requirements over 10 years.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Creates an FTC-led national public awareness and education program on online safety for minors, defines key terms, and requires annual reports to Congress for 10 years.
Introduced November 25, 2025 by Laurel Lee · Last progress November 25, 2025
Creates a nationwide FTC-led public awareness and education program to promote online safety for minors. The program must launch within 180 days of enactment, operate in partnership with federal, state, local, tribal, nonprofit, school, industry, law enforcement, and medical partners, and deliver annual reports to Congress for 10 years. Also replaces prior related provisions with a new three-section subtitle that defines key terms (including “minor” as under age 17 and “nonprofit organization” as a 501(c)(3)), clarifies the program’s scope, and updates the table of contents.