Parents Over Platforms Act
Sponsored By: Senator Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced
Summary
Creates a national age-assurance framework for mobile apps and app stores to protect minors and give parents control. It would set rules for age checks, parental consent, limits on targeted advertising to minors, and how age signals are shared between platforms and apps.
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- Parents and families would get centralized information and built-in parental controls so parents can see safety and privacy settings and must consent before minors access age-gated features.
- Developers of covered apps would need to report if they offer different experiences for adults and minors, make reasonable efforts to determine age, obtain parental consent for minor accounts or age-restricted content, avoid personalized ads to minors, and limit sharing of age data to necessary service providers.
- Application distribution providers would have to request account age, provide an age signal when consented, enable parental controls, and avoid using age data to advantage their own apps. The bill would create liability protections for good-faith compliance and vest enforcement with the Federal Trade Commission.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 3 mixed.
Two-year delay before rules
If enacted, the Act would take effect two years after it is signed. That delay would push all new rules for app stores, developers, parents, minors, and regulators back two years. Families and app makers would wait two years before protections or obligations begin.
Federal preemption of state rules
If enacted, federal law would stop states and local governments from making or enforcing laws related to the Act's topics, creating one national standard. The bill would also say that if a court voids one part of the law, the rest should keep working. Together, these would limit state-level variations but keep most of the law intact if parts are struck down.
App stores must collect age
If enacted, application distribution providers would be required to ask account holders their age when creating an account and use commercially reasonable methods to estimate an age category. Account holders would be able to view and request updates to their age category. Developers could access an age signal only if the account holder or the account holder's parent agreed to share it. App stores would host a central product page for parental-control information and give parents the ability to stop a child from acquiring or using a covered app. These requirements would take effect two years after enactment.
New rules for app makers
If enacted, app developers of covered apps would need to use commercially reasonable methods to determine whether a user is a minor or an adult. Developers would have to request only the minimum age data, not ignore available age information, and limit sharing to service providers needed to protect safety or privacy. They would need parental consent before letting minors access developer-designated unsuitable parts or age-gated content, make efforts to block minors from adult-only activities, and stop delivering personalized ads to minors. Developers would also tell app stores if their app is adult-only or gives different features by age. Those duties would start two years after enactment.
FTC enforcement and platform limits
If enacted, violations of the Act would be treated as unfair or deceptive acts under the Federal Trade Commission Act, letting the FTC use its usual enforcement powers. The bill would protect app stores that make a good-faith effort to comply from some liability, including for erroneous age signals or reasonable outages. The bill would also bar app stores from using data collected while complying with the law to favor their own apps. These enforcement and liability rules would take effect two years after enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
KS • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
NV • D
Sponsored 4/20/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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