NTIA Listening Session on Kids' Excessive Screen Time
Summary
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is hosting a listening session to gather input on the issue of excessive screen time for children. The session is scheduled for December 10, 2025, and aims to inform potential future policy considerations.
What changed
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has announced a public listening session focused on the issue of excessive screen time among children. This notice serves to inform interested parties about the event, which is intended to gather diverse perspectives and data to inform the NTIA's understanding of the topic.
While this is an informational session and not a rulemaking, regulated entities, particularly those in the technology and media sectors, should consider participating to provide input. The session is scheduled for December 10, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. No specific compliance actions are required at this stage, but participation can help shape future policy discussions.
What to do next
- Register to attend the NTIA listening session on kids' excessive screen time by December 10, 2025, if relevant to business operations or product development.
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NTIA Listening Session on Kids' Excessive Screen Time
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National Telecommunications and Information Administration
AGENCY:
National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION:
Notice of open meeting.
SUMMARY:
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will convene a virtual listening session on the drivers and consequences of excessive screen use in schools, including the growing reliance on individual devices and educational technology services and applications. The discussion will also examine how federal law, broadband funding, and other federal programs may influence school-based device and digital platform use. This session will gather input from stakeholders and subject matter experts to inform NTIA's future planning, policy development, and programming related to federal broadband and communications policy and its relationship to children's technology usage. Insights from this discussion will inform NTIA research assessing the impacts of excessive screen use in schools, the role of federal rules and federal funding in shaping device and platform markets, and the practices surrounding the collection and use of children's data by education technology platforms.
DATES:
The listening session will be held on December 10, 2025, from 12:00 ( printed page 54307) p.m. to 1:30 p.m., Eastern Standard Time.
ADDRESSES:
The session will be held virtually, with online dial-in information to be posted at https://www.ntia.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Please direct questions regarding this notice to kids@ntia.gov, indicating “Kids' Excessive Screen Time Listening Session” in the subject line, or if by mail, addressed to National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-3806. Please direct media inquiries to NTIA's Office of Public Affairs at press@ntia.gov.
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Background and Authority
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is the President's principal advisor on telecommunications and information policy issues. NTIA's programs and policymaking focus largely on expanding broadband internet access and adoption in America, expanding the use of spectrum by all users, advancing public safety communications, and ensuring that the internet remains an engine for innovation and economic growth. This includes examining how broadband access is used in different contexts, including in educational settings. Pursuant to our authorities under 47 U.S.C. 902(b)(2)(M), NTIA will host a public listening session to gather stakeholder perspectives that will inform NTIA's ongoing research.
Time and Date: NTIA will convene the public listening session on December 10, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., Eastern Standard Time. The exact time of the meeting is subject to change. Please refer to NTIA's website https://www.ntia.gov, for the most current information.
Place: The meeting will be held virtually, with dial-in information to be posted at https://www.ntia.gov. Please refer to NTIA's website, https://www.ntia.gov for current information.
The virtual meeting is open to the public and the press on a first-come, first-served basis. The virtual meeting is accessible to people with disabilities. Individuals requiring accommodations such as real-time captioning, sign language interpretation or other ancillary aids should notify the Department at kids@ntia.gov at least seven (7) business days prior to the meeting. Access details for the meeting are subject to change. Please refer to NTIA's website, https://www.ntia.gov, for the most current information.
Dated: November 24, 2025.
Diana Moreno,
Acting Deputy Chief Counsel, National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2025-21295 Filed 11-25-25; 8:45 am]
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Published Document: 2025-21295 (90 FR 54306)
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