Like Bipartisan Parents Over Platforms Act (HR 6333)
AVOIDS KEY WEAKNESSES APPARENT IN OTHER PROPOSALS
THE FOUNDATION:
Privacy, safety & parental control
- Builds on new age range technologies developed by Apple and Google to protect BOTH
privacy AND safety. - Keeps parents in charge with provisions that give parents a central toolkit to manage their child’s
online activities through the app store. - Equips parents with tools that ensures their children can only download age-appropriate apps
through app stores. - Allows apps to turn on safety features, limit adult-only content, and block personalized ads to
minors without collecting extra personal information or requiring intrusive age checks.
THE FRAMEWORK:
Focused & privacy preserving
- Utilizes privacy preserving age ranges (child, teen, adult) – not specific birthdates.
- Child’s age signal is only shared with parental consent.
- Focused on limited number of high-risk apps that host the age-inappropriate content.
- Does not burden developers that have no age-inappropriate content.
- Shares responsibilities among players, while strengthening protections for kids.
THE BENEFITS:
Accountability & a national standard
- Creates a national age assurance framework for consistency across the country.
- Strict limits on use of data – imposes penalties on developers who misuse users’ age information.
- Prohibits data for targeted advertising to children.
- Ensures developers of high-risk social media apps are held fully accountable.
- Strengthens protections and safety.