Sammy’s Law

Key Points

• Big social media services would have to let parents (and teens 13+) connect approved safety apps to a child’s account to help manage messages, content, and settings.
• Covered platforms are very large services that allow kids and have social sharing features, with over 100 million monthly users worldwide or over $1 billion a year in revenue.
• Platforms would have to offer real-time access and allow secure data transfers at least once per hour, so safety tools can flag problems quickly.
• Safety app companies would have to register with the Federal Trade Commission, pass security checks, keep kids’ data stored in the U.S., and delete most of it within 14 days.
• States generally could not make their own separate rules on this exact access requirement, creating one national standard enforced by the Federal Trade Commission.