United States of America: Passing of California Parent’s Accountability and Child Protection Act introducing consent mechanism for minor protection

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Passing of California Parent’s Accountability and Child Protection Act introducing consent mechanism for minor protection

Adoption of amendment to Parent’s Accountability and Child Protection Act, which requires social media operators to get consent from parents for underage minor users to create an account.

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Scope

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

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2020-09-12
adopted

Adoption of amendment to Parent’s Accountability and Child Protection Act, which requires social …

2020-09-29
rejected

Veto by the governor of California of amendment to Parent’s Accountability and Child Protection A…