Kids Internet Safety Partnership

(a) Establishment Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish the Kids Internet Safety Partnership. (b) Director The Secretary shall appoint a Director to be the head of the Partnership. (c) Duties The duties of the Partnership shall be the following: (1) Coordinate with relevant agencies (including the Commission) and stakeholders to identify the following: (A) The risks for minors with respect to the use of websites, online services, online applications, and mobile applications. (B) The benefits for minors with respect to the use of websites, online services, online applications, and mobile applications. (C) Widely accepted or evidence-based best practices, taking into account minors of different ages, to— (i) address the risks identified under subparagraph (A); and (ii) preserve and enhance the benefits identified under subparagraph (B). (2) Not later than 1 year after the date on which the Partnership is established, and every 2 years thereafter, publish on a publicly available website a report that details— (A) the identifications made under paragraph (1); and (B) the efficacy and adoption by websites, online services, online applications, and mobile applications of— (i) safeguards for minors; and (ii) parental tools. (3) Not later than 2 years after the date on which the Partnership is established, publish on a publicly available website a playbook for providers and developers of websites, online services, online applications, and mobile applications to facilitate the implementation of widely accepted or evidence-based best practices that account for minors of different ages and address the risks identified under paragraph (1)(A) and preserve and enhance the benefits identified under paragraph (1)(B), including best practices with respect to the following: (A) Age verification, assurance, and estimation techniques. (B) Design features. (C) Parental tools. (D) Default privacy and account settings. (E) Reporting systems and tools. (F) Third-party safety software services. (G) Limitations and opt-outs related to personalized recommendation systems and chatbots. (d) Stakeholders In coordinating with stakeholders as required by subsection (c)(1), the Partnership shall coordinate with the following: (1) Academic experts with specific expertise with respect to the prevention of risks for minors online. (2) Researchers with specific expertise with respect to social media. (3) Parents and minors with demonstrated experience with respect to the safety of minors online. (4) Educators with demonstrated experience with respect to the safety of minors online. (5) Online platforms. (6) Experts in academia and civil society with specific expertise with respect to constitutional law, privacy, free expression, access to information, and civil liberties. (7) State attorneys general (or designees thereof who work in State or local government). (e) Sunset The Partnership shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after the date on which the Partnership is established. (f) Definitions In this section: (1) Parental tool The term parental tool — (A) means a tool that— (i) the provider of a website, online service, online application, or mobile application provides to a parent of a user who such provider knows is a minor; and (ii) the parent uses to support such user with respect to the use of the website, service, or application; and (B) includes a tool that allows a parent of a user who the provider of such a website, service, or application knows is a minor to— (i) view or change the privacy and account settings of such user; (ii) grant or withdraw verifiable consent; (iii) restrict the purchases and financial transactions of such user; (iv) view metrics of the total time spent on such website, service, or application by such user; (v) restrict time spent on such website, service, or application by such user; (vi) report illegal or harmful conduct on such website, service, or application with respect to which such user may be a victim; and (vii) limit or opt-out of personalized recommendation systems or chatbots. (2) Partnership The term Partnership means the Kids Internet Safety Partnership established under subsection (a). (3) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Commerce.