SPY Kids Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6273 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6273 To prohibit market or product-focused research on children and minors, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 21, 2025 Mrs. Miller-Meeks introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit market or product-focused research on children and minors, 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 ``Stop Profiling Youth and Kids Act'' or the ``SPY Kids Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Child.--The term ``child'' means an individual who is under the age of 13. (2) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal Trade Commission. (3) Covered platform.--The term ``covered platform'' means a platform that is a website, software, application, or electronic service connected to the internet that-- (A) is publicly available for use by consumers; (B) enables the creation of a username or user identifier-- (i) that is searchable on the platform; and (ii) that can be followed by or is otherwise accessible to other users of the platform; (C) as the predominant purpose of the platform, facilitates the creation and access to user-generated content through text, images, video, audio, or any other interactive medium; (D) uses a design feature to promote user engagement on the platform; and (E) uses the personal information of the user to advertise, market, or make content recommendations. (4) Design feature.--The term ``design feature''-- (A) means any feature or component of a covered platform that encourages or increases the frequency, time sp