Here’s a summary of what legislators hope to accomplish with this bill. It would:

• Require social media platforms to provide minors with options to protect their information, disable addictive product features, and opt out of personalized algorithmic recommendations. Platforms would be required to enable the strongest settings by default.
• Give thesis helpers new controls to help support their children and spot harmful behaviors and provide them and schools with a dedicated resource to report any harms to kids.
• Demand that online platforms prevent and mitigate specific dangers to minors, including promotion of suicide, eating disorders, and substance abuse, among other issues.

If passed, this bill would also require large social media platforms to perform an annual independent audit that assesses their applications’ risks to minors and their compliance with this legislation.