United States of America: Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act (KIDS Act/HB 7757) including content moderation regulation was introduced to House of Representatives

On 3 March 2026, the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act (KIDS Act/HB 7757) was introduced in the House of Representatives. Under the KIDS Act, a minor is defined as an individual under the age of 17, with children defined as individuals under the age of 13. Under the Kids Online Safety Act (Title II, Subtitle A), providers of covered platforms would be required to establish, implement, maintain, and enforce reasonable policies, practices, and procedures to address harms to minors. These include threats of physical violence that are so severe, pervasive, or objectively offensive that they affect a major life activity, sexual exploitation and abuse, the distribution, sale, or use of narcotic drugs, tobacco products, cannabis products, gambling, or alcohol, and financial harm resulting from deceptive practices. Providers would be required to offer readily accessible reporting mechanisms for users and visitors to report harms to minors, with substantive responses required within 10 days of receipt or sooner where an imminent threat to a minor's safety is involved. Under the SAFE BOTs Act (Title IV), chatbot providers would be required to disclose to covered users that the chatbot is an artificial intelligence system and not a natural person and to provide resources for contacting a suicide and crisis intervention hotline when a covered user raises suicide or suicidal ideation. Chatbot providers would be prohibited from stating to a covered user that the chatbot is a licensed professional unless that statement is true.