Sammy's Law requires large social media platforms (those with over 100 million monthly users or $1 billion in annual revenue) to create special tools called application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow parents and teens to give permission to third-party safety software companies to monitor and manage their online activity. Think of it like hiring a digital babysitter who can see what your child is doing on social media, manage privacy settings, and flag concerning behavior like signs of depression, self-harm, or contact with predators. The law applies to kids under 17 and requires parental consent for children under 13. Social media companies must provide this access within 180 days of the law passing, and safety software companies must register with the Federal Trade Commission and follow strict rules about protecting children's data—they cannot sell the information they collect, must delete it within 5 days of a parent revoking permission, and can only share concerning information with parents or authorities in specific dangerous situations like threats of suicide or child abuse. The law creates one national standard so states cannot create their own conflicting rules, though it doesn't prevent states from enforcing general consumer protection or fraud laws.

A bill to require large social media platform providers to create, maintain, and make available to third-party safety software providers a set of real-time application programming interfaces, through which a child or a parent may delegate permission to a third-party safety software provider to manage the online interactions, content, and account settings of such child on the large scale social media platform in the same manner as is available to the child, and for other purposes.