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(a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act or the KIDS Act. (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Title I—Shielding Minors from Obscenity Sec. 101. Short title. Sec. 102. Definitions. Sec. 103. Technology verification measures. Sec. 104. Consultation requirements. Sec. 105. GAO report. Sec. 106. Relationship to State laws. Title II—Addressing Harms to Minors on Online II—Online Platforms Sec. 201. Covered platform defined. Definitions. Subtitle A—Kids Online Safety Sec. 211. Short title. Sec. 212. Definitions. Sec. 213. Addressing harms to minors. Sec. 214. Safeguards for minors minors, parental tools, and parental tools. teen messaging controls. Sec. 215. Reporting mechanism. Sec. 216. Disclosure. Sec. 217. Advertising and marketing information and labels. Sec. 218. Advertising of illegal products. products to minors. Sec. 219. Audit; report. Sec. 220. Rules Rule of construction. construction on age verification. Sec. 221. Relationship to State laws. Rule of construction on encryption. Subtitle B—Safe Messaging for B—Stop Profiling Youth and Kids Sec. 231. Short title. Sec. 232. Definitions. Know; knows defined. Sec. 233. Prohibition on ephemeral messaging features for minors. Sec. 234. Prohibition on direct messaging features for children. Sec. 235. Parental controls for direct messaging features for teens. Sec. 236. Rule of construction on encryption. Sec. 237. Relationship to State law. Sec. 238. Effective date. Subtitle C—Stop Profiling Youth and Kids Sec. 241. Short title. Sec. 242. User defined. Sec. 243. Market research. Sec. 244. Relationship to State laws. Sec. 245. 234. Effective date. Title III—Social Gaming Platforms Sec. 301. Short title. Sec. 302. Definitions. Sec. 303. Safeguards requirements for online video game providers. Sec. 304. Relationship to State laws. Title IV—Artificial Intelligence Chatbots Sec. 401. Short title. Sec. 402. Definitions. Sec. 403. Certain statements prohibited. Sec. 404. Disclosure required. Sec. 405. Policies required. Sec. 406. Rule of construction. Sec. 407. Relationship to State laws. Title V—Research, Education, and Best Practices for Protecting Minors Online Subtitle A—Research Sec. 501. Definitions. Sec. 502. Exemption. Part 1—Safe Social Media Act Sec. 511. Short title. Sec. 512. Report by Commission on social media use by minors. Part 2—No Fentanyl on Social Media Act Sec. 513. Short title. Sec. 514. Report on the ability of minors to access fentanyl through social media platforms. Part 3—Assessing Safety Tools for Parents and Minors Act Sec. 515. Short title. Sec. 516. Industry review and report. Part 4—Study on chatbots and mental health of minors Sec. 517. Study required. Sec. 518. Consultation. Sec. 519. Report. Subtitle B—Education Part 1—Promoting a Safe Internet for Minors Act Sec. 521. Short title. Sec. 522. Online safety education for minors. Part 2—AI Warnings And Resources for Education (AWARE) Act Sec. 523. Short title. Sec. 524. Chatbots and Safe chatbot use for minors. Subtitle C—Partnerships and Best Practices Sec. 525. Short title. Sec. 526. Kids Internet Safety Partnership. Title VI—General VI—Kids Privacy Protections Subtitle A—COPPA 2.0 Sec. 601. Short title. Sec. 602. Online collection, use, disclosure, and deletion of personal information of children and teens. Sec. 603. Study and reports of mobile and online application oversight and enforcement. Sec. 604. GAO study. Sec. 605. Severability. Subtitle B—Data Broker Disclosures Sec. 611. Definitions. Sec. 612. Registration requirement. Sec. 613. Rule of construction. Title VII—General Provisions Sec. 601. 701. Enforcement. Sec. 602. 702. Judicial review. Sec. 603. 703. Rules of construction. Sec. 604. 704. Relationship to State laws. Sec. 705. Severability. Sec. 605. 706. Effective date.

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