SMK Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6257 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6257 To protect minors from harms associated with ephemeral messaging features and unsolicited direct contact on social media platforms by prohibiting certain ephemeral messaging features for minors and mandating the provision of parental direct messaging controls, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 21, 2025 Mr. Dunn of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To protect minors from harms associated with ephemeral messaging features and unsolicited direct contact on social media platforms by prohibiting certain ephemeral messaging features for minors and mandating the provision of parental direct messaging controls, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Messaging for Kids Act of 2025'' or the ``SMK Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) App.--The term ``app'' means a software application or an electronic service that may be run or directed by a user on a computer, gaming device, mobile device, or any other general purpose computing device. (2) App store.--The term ``app store'' means a publicly available website, software application, or other electronic service that distributes and facilitates the download onto a mobile device of an app from a third-party developer by a user of a computer, gaming device, mobile device, or any other general purpose computing device. (3) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal Trade Commission. (4) Covered user.--The term ``covered user'' means a user of a socia