social media; online content; minors
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Overview
This bill aims to protect minors online by regulating social media platforms and requiring age verification. It establishes a grant fund to support outreach programs, research, and law enforcement efforts related to online safety and harm to minors. The bill also creates a new chapter in Arizona Revised Statutes (44) focused on technology content, defining key terms like ‘social media platform’ and outlining duties for covered companies, developers, and social media platforms to ensure age-appropriate content and protect minors from potential harm. It establishes penalties for non-compliance and includes provisions for parental oversight and data privacy.
Key provisions
- Establishes a technology protection for minors grant fund financed by attorney general penalties.
- Requires covered companies to obtain parental or guardian consent before minors download applications.
- Mandates developers to request and utilize age signals from covered companies to enforce age restrictions.
- Creates new requirements for social media platforms to provide parental oversight tools and limit exposure to inappropriate content.
- Defines key terms related to social media, applications, and minors.
- Allows the attorney general to impose civil penalties for violations of the bill.
- Establishes a process for developers to demonstrate good faith reliance on age signals.
- Requires covered companies to comply with this chapter in a non-discriminatory manner.
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