United States of America: Introduced Minnesota House Bill prohibiting social media algorithms targeting children

On 24 February 2022, the Bill 3724 prohibiting the use of algorithms that target children is introduced in the Minnesota House of Representatives. The Bill would prohibit social media platforms with more than 1 million account holders from using algorithms to target content to children. Social media platforms would be held liable in case they knew or had reasons to know that they are targeting accounts holders under the age of 18. In case of noncompliance, social media platforms would face a penalty of USD 1’000 per violation and would have to pay additional damages to the account holder. The Bill does not cover content created by the government, as well as private and public educational institutions.