{"id":39815,"date":"2026-06-04T07:17:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T12:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=39815"},"modified":"2026-06-04T07:32:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T12:32:43","slug":"illinois-bill-limits-how-social-media-companies-can-target-feeds-to-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/39815-illinois-bill-limits-how-social-media-companies-can-target-feeds-to-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Bill Limits How Social Media Companies Can Target Feeds to Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"summary-box-gray\" role=\"complementary\" aria-label=\"Summary Box\">\n<h3><strong>Article Summary<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A bill to protect children online and limit their access to addictive social media features passed both chambers on Monday and will soon head to the governor\u2019s desk.<\/li>\n<li>The bill is an initiative from Gov. JB Pritzker, and he has indicated he\u2019ll sign it. Pritzker first raised the idea in his February budget address, saying it was a top concern he\u2019s heard from Illinoisans.<\/li>\n<li>The bill would require social media companies to verify a child\u2019s age on the device\u2019s operating system and use stricter features for minors like limiting location-sharing and nighttime notifications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>This summary was written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>SPRINGFIELD \u2014 Lawmakers on the final day of the General Assembly passed a bill to regulate how minors interact with social media and other online platforms to make them less addictive.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ilga.gov\/Legislation\/BillStatus?DocNum=5511&amp;GAID=18&amp;DocTypeID=HB&amp;LegId=167486&amp;SessionID=114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Bill 5511<\/a>, the Children\u2019s Online Social Media Safety Act, is to prevent children under the age of 18 from being exposed to harmful content and addictive features by requiring social media companies to confirm a user\u2019s age through the device\u2019s operating system.<\/p>\n<p>The bill doesn\u2019t prevent children from downloading or using social media apps. During device set-up, parents would set the child\u2019s age, which would adjust certain design features in apps such as algorithmic feeds, the visibility of the child\u2019s profile and what media can be shown to them.<\/p>\n<p>The bill passed the Senate unanimously on Monday with a vote of 57-0. It passed the House a second time on Monday with a 113-0 vote.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. JB Pritzker proposed the bill during his February budget address, and he celebrated its passage on Monday and said he would sign it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am proud the Illinois General Assembly passed the Children\u2019s Online Social Media Safety Act, marking an important milestone in our efforts to improve kids\u2019 safety and privacy online, mitigate the harmful effects of social media on mental and physical health, and prevent financial scamming,\u201d Pritzker said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts to pass some kind of measure in Illinois have been ongoing for a few years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis legislation is about recognizing a simple reality: children are not miniature adults,\u201d Sen. Willie Preston, D-Chicago, the bill\u2019s sponsor, said at a Saturday committee meeting. \u201cThese platforms invest billions of dollars into capturing attention, maximizing engagement, keeping users online for as long as possible. When that system is directed at developing minds, the consequences will be and have proven to be devastating and sadly irreversible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bill previously passed the House in April with a bipartisan vote of 82-27. The Senate version mainly increased privacy protections for minors and altered definitions to target the most harmful platforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile this legislation is not perfect, lawmakers cannot continue waiting for the perfect solution while technology continues to evolve around us,\u201d Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris, said in an emailed statement.<\/p>\n<p>She helped work on some of the bill\u2019s language and has advocated for youth social media protections for years.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What\u2019s in the bill<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The bill prohibits social media companies from using a minor\u2019s viewing history or data stored on the device to determine what shows up in their feeds.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, feeds for minors will only be allowed to show information the user requested or searched for, or was posted by a creator the user follows. Youths will also be able to see media that is a direct, private message to them.<\/p>\n<p>Under the bill, platforms would be required to establish some default privacy settings for minors, shield a minor\u2019s precise location and limit digital currency transactions. Social sites and apps would also be prohibited from sending notifications between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The Illinois Attorney General\u2019s office would enforce the law, which takes effect in 2028, if signed. Violators would be liable for fines up to $2,500 for each child for unintentional violations and up to $7,500 per child for intentional violations.<\/p>\n<p>Lobbyists for tech companies raised concerns that the bill may violate the First Amendment and warned that it will likely face lawsuits. But the governor\u2019s office said in a Saturday committee that the bill\u2019s language is modeled after legislation in other states that have survived court challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, the House sponsor, said she doubted social media companies would ever be completely on board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not sure we\u2019re ever going to get complete neutrality from social media companies that are going to be asked to comply with this act in order to keep our kids safe from addictive algorithms that are frankly designed to keep them glued to these devices,\u201d she said on the House floor. \u201cBut this is an incredibly important measure to address the most dangerous features of these devices, which is that they\u2019re designed to be addictive to children.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Nationwide effort<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>As of April,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/avpassociation.com\/us-state-age-assurance-laws-for-social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at least 19 states<\/a>\u00a0have laws regulating social media for children on the books, though many have been blocked or tied up in court because tech companies claim they violate the First Amendment and privacy rights.<\/p>\n<p>In March,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/meta-facebook-new-mexico-trial-28eabd8ec5f58c1d1ecddc21bb107de7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a New Mexico jury<\/a>\u00a0determined that Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, had knowledge the platform harmed children\u2019s mental health and concealed information about child sexual exploitation on its platforms. The company was fined $375 million for violating New Mexico\u2019s \u00a0youth social media law.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Capitol News Illinois<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service that distributes state government coverage to hundreds of news outlets statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. 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