United States of America: Bill amending Consumer Data Protection Act to Prohibit Addictive Social Media Feeds (SB 854) was signed by Governor
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Bill amending Consumer Data Protection Act to Prohibit Addictive Social Media Feeds (SB 854) was signed by Governor
On 2 May 2025, the Virginia Governor signed into law the Bill amending the Consumer Data Protection Act to regulate social media use by minors (SB 854). The amendments require platforms to implement commercially reasonable age verification methods a…
Scope
Policy Area
Consumer protection
Policy Instrument
Age verification requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
subnational
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2025-01-03
under deliberation
2025-02-03
under deliberation
2025-02-04
rejected
2025-02-20
under deliberation
2025-03-10
adopted
2025-05-02
adopted
2026-01-01
in force