Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Safe Social Media Act”.
Safe Social Media Act
A BILL
To require the Federal Trade Commission to conduct a study regarding social media use by teenagers.
Sec. 2 Report by FTC on social media use by teenagers
In general— The Federal Trade Commission, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use), shall—
conduct a study on social media platform use among individuals younger than age 17, including—
what personal information is collected by social media platforms regarding such individuals;
how such personal information is used by the algorithms of the social media platforms;
how such personal information is used with respect to targeted advertising;
how often such individuals use social media platforms daily;
differences in use of social media platforms related to the age ranges of such individuals;
mental health effects on such individuals linked to the use of social media platforms; and
potential harmful effects and benefits for such individuals from extended social media platform use; and
not later than 3 years 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.
Exemption— Subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the “Paperwork Reduction Act”) shall not apply to this section.
Sec. 3 Definition of social media platform
In general— In this Act, the term social media platform means a public-facing website, internet application, or mobile internet application, including a social network or video sharing service that—
serves the public; and
primarily provides a forum for user-generated content, including messages, videos, images, games, and audio files.
Exclusions— In this Act, the term “social media platform” does not include the following:
A provider of broadband internet access service (as described in section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation)).
Electronic mail.