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The bill expands nationwide education, guidance, and government coordination to improve youth online safety, but it relies on voluntary measures and imposes agency costs while leaving some older teens outside its protections.
Children and teens (minors under 17) nationwide will receive standardized education about online risks and safety, increasing their awareness of cybercrimes, harmful content, and addictive online behaviors.
Parents, educators, and schools will get best-practice guidance and resources to better supervise and protect minors online, helping families and education institutions act on the safety curriculum.
Federal, state, local, nonprofit, and industry actors will have improved information-sharing mechanisms, enabling more coordinated and up-to-date responses to emerging online harms to youth.
Reliance on education and voluntary best practices may leave protections uneven across platforms and states, meaning many minors could still face significant online harms without enforceable rules.
The FTC will face new program and reporting duties that could require additional agency resources or staff reallocation, creating costs ultimately borne by taxpayers and potentially diverting FTC capacity from other work.
Defining 'minor' as under 17 leaves 17-year-olds outside the targeted protections and education in the bill, potentially leaving that age group without the same support.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires the FTC to run a nationwide public-awareness and education program on internet safety for minors, issue annual reports for 10 years, and sets key definitions (minor = under 17).
Introduced November 25, 2025 by Laurel Lee · Last progress November 25, 2025
Requires the Federal Trade Commission to lead a nationwide public-awareness and education program to promote safe internet use by minors, working with federal, state, local, nonprofit, school, industry, law enforcement, and medical partners. The FTC must begin the program within 180 days of enactment, produce annual reports on activities for 10 years (first report due within one year), and follow new statutory definitions (including defining “minor” as under age 17). No new funding is specified in the text provided.