Require online video game providers to embed safeguards that help parents protect minors from harmful interactions, including tools to disable communication between minors and other users.

Thomas H. Kean, Jr. · New Jersey · Republican

policy impact 0.62 specificity 0.91 extraction confidence 97%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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the introduction of the Safer GAMING Act, legislation that would require online video game providers to embed safeguards that help parents better protect minors from harmful interactions on gaming platforms. It requires video game creators to offer parents tools to disable communication between a minor and other users of the game.

Kean announced legislation to require gaming platforms to add parental safety controls and communication-disable tools for minors.

Kean Introduces Bill to Protect Children Online, Adding New Parental Controls to Video Games | Congressman Thomas Kean Jr.
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Evidence

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Congress.gov lists Rep. Thomas H. Kean [R-NJ-7] as sponsor of H.R. 6265, introduced 11/21/2025. Latest action: 12/11/2025, forwarded by subcommittee to full committee, amended, by voice vote. The bill text requires online video game providers to give parents safeguards allowing them to limit communication between a minor and any other game user.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Kean took concrete legislative action by introducing a bill matching the promise, and it advanced out of subcommittee, but the standalone bill remained at the introduced/in-committee stage.

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H.R.6265 - Safer GAMING Act 119th Congress (2025-2026)
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GovInfo’s referred-in-Senate text for H.R. 7757 shows the KIDS Act was received in the Senate, read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 13, 2026. Title III is the Safer GAMING Act and section 303 requires online video game providers to provide parent safeguards allowing limits on communication between covered minors and other users, enabled by default at the most protective level.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The promised policy was incorporated into the House-passed KIDS Act and reached the Senate, but as of the latest official action it was referred to committee rather than enacted, so the requirement is not yet law.

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H.R. 7757 Referred in Senate - Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act
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Kean sponsored H.R. 6265, the Safer GAMING Act, which closely matches the promise by requiring online video game providers to give parents tools to limit minors' communications with other users. That bill advanced out of subcommittee, and similar language was incorporated into H.R. 7757, which passed the House and was referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 13, 2026. As of September 3, 2026, the requirement has not been enacted into federal law, so the promised mandate is not fully delivered, but Kean made a serious same-term legislative contribution and the policy substantially advanced.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%