Kids Off Social Media Act (KOSMA)

United StatesS.278 (119th)Updated February 5, 2025

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  1. Introduced
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Became Law

Reported by committee February 2025; stalled since

Would ban under-13s from social media and require platforms to know users' ages to enforce it.

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Reported by committee

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Key facts

Where
United States
Bill number
S.278 (119th)
Status
In progress
Introduced
January 28, 2025
Threat
High
Last update
February 5, 2025

Topics

Age VerificationCensorship

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What it does

The Kids Off Social Media Act bars platforms from letting under-13s hold accounts and blocks algorithmic recommendations to anyone under 17. The bill says platforms need not build age verification, but you cannot keep a group off a service without working out who they are.

What’s at stake

An age ban is only as good as the age checking behind it. A rule aimed at under-13s ends up drawing an age line through the whole user base, and it reaches into how content is shown to teens.

Our take

The no-verification-required clause is cover. You cannot enforce an under-13 ban without deciding how old everyone is, so the real result is age-gated, verified social media, whatever the text claims.

Timeline

  1. Reported by committeeLatest

  2. Introduced

  3. Referred to committee

The record

Sponsor

Brian Schatz (D-HI)

Cosponsors (14)

Ted Cruz (R-TX), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Katie Britt (R-AL), Peter Welch (D-VT), Ted Budd (R-NC), Angus King (I-ME)

Committee

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee