New York S 4561: Relates to creating the right to be forgotten act

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S04561 Summary:

BILL NOS04561 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03335

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SPONSORBAILEY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §394-cccc, Gen Bus L

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Prevents interactive computer service providers from knowingly or negligently promoting developed content that is dangerous or otherwise injurious to minors; assesses a civil penalty to social media networks that knowingly or negligently promote such content.

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BILL NOS04561 

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02/07/2025REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4561

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 7, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- 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 preventing
 interactive computer service providers from knowingly or negligently
 promoting developed content that is dangerous or otherwise injurious
 to minors

 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 providers; developing injuri-
 4 ous content; minors. 1. As used in this section, the following terms
 5 shall have the following meanings:
 6 (a) "interactive computer service providers" shall mean a service
 7 provider who operates in the state of New York, which, for profit-making
 8 purposes, operates an internet platform that is designed to disseminate
 9 public content generated by third parties;
 10 (b) "content" shall mean the textual, visual or aural information that
 11 is generated by a third party or an interactive computer service provid-
 12 er;
 13 (c) "promote" shall mean to present, or otherwise convey, third
 14 party-generated or interactive computer service provider-generated
 15 content to a targeted minor;
 16 (d) "minor" shall mean any person under the age of eighteen who is
 17 located in the state of New York;
 18 (e) "platform" means an application or website that serves as a base
 19 from which the interactive computer service is provided;
 20 (f) "targeted minor" means a minor who uses the interactive computer
 21 service, and who the interactive computer service provider targets for
 22 the purpose of sending a developed message;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06933-01-5

 S. 4561 2

 1 (g) "target, targets, targeted, or targeting" shall mean conveying
 2 content to a targeted minor solely on the basis of their personal data
 3 which includes, but is not limited to, the targeted minor's:
 4 (i) location data, whether general or precise, including:
 5 (A) the time of day in the minor's current or predicted future
 6 location;
 7 (B) the weather in the minor's current or predicted future location;
 8 (C) the local businesses in the minor's current or future predicted
 9 location;
 10 (D) the natural, artificial, or planned events in the users current or
 11 future predicated location;
 12 (E) political preferences in the minor's current or future predicted
 13 location; and/or
 14 (F) landmarks in the minor's current or future predicted location.
 15 (ii) income related activities, including the minor's:
 16 (A) income level;
 17 (B) profession;
 18 (C) employment status;
 19 (D) source of income; and/or
 20 (E) investments.
 21 (iii) relationship status, including whether the user is:
 22 (A) single;
 23 (B) married;
 24 (C) divorced;
 25 (D) engaging in an affair;
 26 (E) in a domestic partnership;
 27 (F) engaged;
 28 (G) in a romantic or intimate social relationship; and/or
 29 (H) is contemplating or is in the process of terminating a relation-
 30 ship.
 31 (iv) social status, including whether the user:
 32 (A) is a public official;
 33 (B) is a public figure;
 34 (C) is a limited purpose public figure;
 35 (D) is involuntarily thrust into the public domain;
 36 (E) rec