United States of America: Implemented Social Media Safety Act (SB396) establishing age verification procedures for social media platforms

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Implemented Social Media Safety Act (SB396) establishing age verification procedures for social media platforms

On 1 September 2023, the State of Arkansas's Social Media Safety Act was implemented. The Act, which was passed in the state legislature on 6 April 2023, establishes a new requirement for age verification for social media use, requires parental consent for social media use of minors, and clarifies the liability of platforms for failures in age verification and illegal retention of data. The Act defines “social media platforms” to exclude direct messaging applications with messages that are not posted publicly, as well as any social media platform controlled by an entity that has generated less than USD 100’000’000 in annual gross revenue. A “reasonable method” for age verification listed in the Act is parental consent.

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Scope

Policy Area
Authorisation, registration and licensing
Policy Instrument
Age verification requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
subnational
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2023-03-09
under deliberation

On 9 March 2023, Senate Bill SB396 creating the Social Media Safety Act was introduced in the State…

2023-03-29
under deliberation

On 29 March 2023, the State of Arkansas Senate passed Bill SB396 creating the Social Media Safety A…

2023-04-06
adopted

On 6 April 2023, the State of Arkansas Senate adopted Bill SB396 creating the Social Media Safety A…

2023-04-12
adopted

On 12 April 2023, the Governor of Arkansas signed Bill SB396 creating the Social Media Safety Act, …

2023-09-01
in force

On 1 September 2023, the State of Arkansas's Social Media Safety Act was implemented. The Act, whic…