New York S 2181: Provides for compensation for injury or death caused by the negligent entrustment of a firearm

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S02181 Summary:

BILL NOS02181 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03263

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SPONSORPARKER

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §394-cccc, Gen Bus L

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Prohibits interactive computer service providers from knowingly promoting content to a targeted user and with the intention of developing the content, cause the user extreme emotional harm, physical injury or financial injury.

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BILL NOS02181 

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01/15/2025REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2181

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 15, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Internet and Technology

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting
 interactive computer service providers from knowingly developing or
 promoting content that is dangerous or injurious

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 2 394-cccc to read as follows:
 3 § 394-cccc. Interactive computer service; developing injurious
 4 content. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the
 5 following meanings:
 6 (a) "Interactive computer service" means a service provider, which,
 7 for profit-making purposes operates an internet platform that is
 8 designed to disseminate public content generated by a third-party;
 9 (b) "Content" means the textual, visual or aural information that is
 10 generated by a third-party or the interactive computer service provider;
 11 (c) "Promote" means to present or otherwise convey third-party-gener-
 12 ated or interactive computer service provider-generated content to a
 13 target user;
 14 (d) "User" means any person who is located in the state who utilizes
 15 an interactive computer service provider's platform;
 16 (e) "Platform" means an application or website developed by an inter-
 17 active computer service provider that acts as an intermediary between
 18 users and a third-party to disseminate content;
 19 (f) "Target user" means a person who uses an interactive computer
 20 service and whom the interactive computer service provider targets for
 21 the purpose of sending a developed message; and
 22 (g) "Target, targets, targeted, or targeting" means conveying content
 23 to a target user solely on the basis of their personal data which
 24 includes, but is not limited, to a target user's:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06062-01-5

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 1 (i) location data, whether general or precise, including: (A) the
 2 time of day in the user's current or predicted future location; (B) the
 3 weather in the user's current or predicted future location; (C) the
 4 local businesses in the user's current or future predicted location; (D)
 5 the natural, artificial, or planned events in the user's current or
 6 future predicted location; (E) political preferences in the user's
 7 current or future predicted location; and/or (F) landmarks in the user's
 8 current or future predicted location;
 9 (ii) income related activities, including the user's: (A) income
 10 level; (B) profession; (C) employment status; (D) source of income;
 11 and/or (E) investments;
 12 (iii) relationship status, including whether the user is: (A) single;
 13 (B) married; (C) divorced; (D) engaging in an affair; (E) in a domestic
 14 partnership; (F) engaged; (G) in a romantic or intimate social relation-
 15 ship; and/or (H) contemplating or is in the process of terminating a
 16 relationship;
 17 (iv) social status, including whether the user: (A) is a public offi-
 18 cial; (B) is a public figure; (C) is a limited purpose public figure;
 19 (D) is involuntarily thrust into the public domain; (E) receives a
 20 significant amount of engagements on the interactive computer service
 21 provider's platform; and/or (F) receives an insignificant amou