Safe Social Media Act

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1630 To require the Federal Trade Commission to conduct a study regarding social media use by teenagers. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 13, 2021 Mr. SCOTT of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Social Media 4 Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. REPORT BY THE FTC ON SOCIAL MEDIA USE BY 6 TEENAGERS. 7 The Federal Trade Commission, in coordination with 8 the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre- 9 vention, shall— 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:24 May 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1630.IS S1630 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1630 IS (1) conduct a study on social media platform 1 use among individuals younger than age 18, includ- 2 ing— 3 (A) what personal information is collected 4 by social media platforms regarding such indi- 5 viduals; 6 (B) how such personal information is used 7 by the algorithms of the social media platforms; 8 (C) how often such individuals use social 9 media platforms daily; 10 (D) differences in use of social media plat- 11 forms related to the age ranges of such individ- 12 uals; 13 (E) mental health effects on such individ- 14 uals linked to the use of social media platforms; 15 and 16 (F) potential harmful effects on such indi- 17 viduals from extended social media platform 18 use; and 19 (2) not later than 1 year after the date of en- 20 actment of this Act, submit to Congress a report on 21 the findings of the study under paragraph (1), in- 22 cluding any recommended policy changes based on 23 such findings. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:24 May 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1630.IS S1630 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 1630 IS SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM. 1 In this Act, the term ‘‘social media platform’’ means 2 a public-facing website, internet application, or mobile 3 internet application, including a social network, video 4 sharing service, ad network, mobile operating system, 5 search engine, email service, or internet access service, 6 that has not less than 30,000,000 active monthly users 7 in the United States. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:24 May 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1630.IS S1630 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS