S. 737 119th Congress Senate

SCREEN Act

Official title: A bill to require certain interactive computer services to adopt and operate technology verification measures to ensure that users of the platform are not minors, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 26, 2025 Introduced by: Mike Lee Republican · Utah See on congress.gov

Commerce Child safety and welfareComputer security and identity theftComputers and information technologyConsumer affairs

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Data collection, sharing, protectionInternet, web applications, social mediaMental healthPornographySex and reproductive health

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Feb 26, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Feb 26, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Shielding Children's Retinas from Egregious Exposure on the Net Act or the SCREEN Act

This bill establishes age-verification requirements for commercial interactive computer services (e.g., websites) that make available content that is harmful to minors (e.g., content that appeals to the prurient interest in nudity or sex, is obscene, or is child pornography).

Specifically, the bill requires such services to adopt and utilize technology verification measures to ensure that (1) users of the service are not minors, and (2) minors are prevented from accessing any content on the service that is harmful to minors.

Additionally, such services must (1) use the technology to verify a user's age; (2) publish the verification process that the service uses; and (3) subject users' Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, including known virtual proxy network (VPN) IP addresses, to the technology verification measures, unless the service determines a user is not located within the United States.

Covered services also must implement data security measures to protect information about individuals collected through the verification process.

The Federal Trade Commission must conduct regular audits of such services, issue guidance, and otherwise enforce the requirements of this bill.

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Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
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Lobbying activity 13

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION
for CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION, INC.
for MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION INC · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES LLC
for GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES LLC · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION
for ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION · California · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION (FIRE)
for FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION (FIRE) · Pennsylvania · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
KELSAY STRATEGIES LLC
for COMPUTER & COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

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