S. 5226 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Parental Approval for Youth Social Media Act of 2026
Cosponsors: none · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-14
Introduced: 2026-08-04
Latest action (2026-08-04): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
What S. 5226 does, in plain terms
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Children's Account Safety and Parental Consent Act of 2025
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Require social media platforms to obtain verified parental consent before children under 18 (or a defined age) can create or maintain accounts, to protect minors from online harms such as data exploitation, exposure to inappropriate content, and predatory behavior.
Bipartisan rationale: Democratic priorities honored: Stronger protections for children's privacy and safety online, closing loopholes in COPPA, and federal enforcement preempting weaker state laws. Republican priorities honored: Narrow tailoring to existing COPPA framework and First Amendment savings clause, no new content mandates or speech restrictions, use of existing FTC authority rather than a new agency, fee-based funding that does not rely on general revenue, and a sunset to force re-evaluation.
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