United States of America: Announced Louisiana Secure Online Child Interaction and Age Limitation Act (SB 162) including data protection regulations

On 31 March 2023, the Louisiana Secure Online Child Interaction and Age Limitation Act (SB 162) was prefiled in the state Senate and will be formally introduced once the legislative session commences on 10 April 2023. In particular, the Act would prohibit social media companies with over five million account holders worldwide from collecting minors' personal data and using data generated on the basis of their activity, including posts, messages or text. The social media platforms would only be permitted to collect and process minors' personal data for the purpose of age verification to comply with the service access restrictions that they would be required to implement for users under 18 years old under the same bill.