Safe Social Media Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6290 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6290 To require the Federal Trade Commission to conduct a study regarding social media use by teenagers. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 25, 2025 Mr. Bentz (for himself and Ms. Schrier) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Federal Trade Commission to conduct a study regarding social media use by teenagers. 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 Social Media Act''. SEC. 2. REPORT BY FTC ON SOCIAL MEDIA USE BY TEENAGERS. (a) In General.--The Federal Trade Commission, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use), shall-- (1) conduct a study on social media platform use among individuals younger than age 17, including-- (A) what personal information is collected by social media platforms regarding such individuals; (B) how such personal information is used by the algorithms of the social media platforms; (C) how such personal information is used with respect to targeted advertising; (D) how often such individuals use social media platforms daily; (E) differences in use of social media platforms related to the age ranges of such individuals; (F) mental health effects on such individuals linked to the use of social media platforms; and (G) potential harmful effects and benefits for such individuals from extended social media platform use; and (2) not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to Congress a report on the findings of the study und