Prohibits social media accounts for children under 13. Platforms must remove underage accounts and delete associated personal data.
I will support legislation that prohibits children under 13 from having social media accounts and requires platforms to delete underage accounts and associated personal data.
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Evidence
Sponsor: Rep. John James. Latest action: referred to the House Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce on 2023-11-03. Congress.gov summary says the bill would limit access for children under 13 and restrict platform use or retention of age-verification information.
Congress.gov lists Rep. John James as sponsor and only one cosponsor: Rep. Patrick Ryan [D-NY-18]. Anna Paulina Luna is not listed as sponsor or cosponsor.
Congress.gov summary says the bill would prohibit social media platforms from knowingly allowing children under 13 to create or maintain accounts and would require platforms to delete existing child accounts and personal data collected from child users. Latest action: read twice and referred to Senate Commerce on 2024-04-30.
Congress.gov summary says the bill would prohibit children under 13 from creating or maintaining social media accounts and require deletion of existing child accounts and personal data. Latest action: placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar on 2025-06-30; status remains Introduced.
Assessments
The matching federal proposals would prohibit under-13 social media accounts and require deletion of underage accounts and data, but they have not passed Congress or become law. During Luna's first term, the relevant House bill was sponsored by Rep. John James, had only Rep. Patrick Ryan as a cosponsor, and stalled after subcommittee referral; Luna is not shown as sponsor or cosponsor. The later Senate bill advanced to the Senate calendar but remains at introduced status, with no evidence of Luna materially advancing it. Because the promised support/delivery is not shown and the policy outcome has not been enacted, this is not fulfilled.