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Kids’ online safety law decides what platforms must do to protect young users, how ages are checked, and what data apps may collect from children. Follow the bills on social media age limits, age verification, design rules, and school instruction.
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Requires FBI fingerprint background checks for adults with authority over minors on entertainment productions; sets penalties and definitions.
Aims to protect minors online with default safety settings, parental controls, audits for large platforms, and a non-personalized content option.
Prohibits accounts for children under 13, limits algorithmic recommendations for under 17, and requires schools to block social media on supported networks.
Large sites with sexual content must verify users are 18 with digital ID or approved checks. The FTC enforces rules and people can sue.
Blocks social media accounts for under-13s and limits algorithmic recommendations for under-17s; requires schools to block social media on subsidized networks.
Requires AI chatbots to include child-safety design, age checks, parental settings, audits, and bans on child-directed ads and sale of children's data.
Bill 137, Student Online Safety and AI Education Act, creates a committee to add online safety and AI lessons for grades K to 12 students. It is at First Reading as of June 2, 2026. Sponsored by Clancy, Aislinn.
Requires online services, games, and chatbots to add parental controls, safety safeguards, audits, disclosures, and research on minors.
Bill 66, Bill 66, Kids& 039; Online Safety and Privacy Month Act, 2025, bill would designate October as Kids’ Online Safety and Privacy Month each year. It received royal assent on December 11, 2025. Sponsored by Blais, Stephen and Collard, Lucille.
Bill 15, Ontario Declares Kids' Online Safety Month, bill would designate October as Kids’ Online Safety Month, starting on Royal Assent. It is at First Reading as of May 8, 2025. Sponsored by Collard, Lucille.
Updates COPPA to cover ages 13–16, tighten consent, limit targeted ads, require deletion rights, and direct FTC and GAO reports.
Bill 133, Kids' Online Safety Month Proclaimed, bill would proclaim September as Kids' Online Safety and Privacy Month upon Royal Assent. It is at Second Reading as of June 6, 2024. Sponsored by Collard, Lucille.
