New York S 4506: Enacts the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for all act

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S04506 Summary:

BILL NOS04506 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06974

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SPONSORGOUNARDES

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COSPNSRCOMRIE, FERNANDEZ, JACKSON, MAYER, RAMOS, RHOADS, SALAZAR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 45-A §§1509 - 1515, Gen Bus L

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Enacts the "Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for all act"; requires a setting which allows a social media user to turn off algorithmic recommendations and other notifications; prohibits the use of dark patterns to subvert choice or inhibit users from accessing certain mechanisms.

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BILL NOS04506 

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02/06/2025REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4506

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 6, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- 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 enacting the
 Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for all act

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "stop
 2 addictive feeds exploitation (safe) for all act".
 3 § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new article 45-A
 4 to read as follows:

 5 Article 45-A
 6 SAFE for All Act

 7 Section 1509. Definitions.
 8 1510. Required settings.
 9 1511. Prohibition of dark patterns.
 10 1512. Applicability of SAFE for kids act.
 11 1513. Scope.
 12 1514. Rulemaking authority.
 13 1515. Remedies.
 14 § 1509. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following
 15 terms shall have the following meanings:
 16 1. "Addictive feed" shall mean a regularly updated stream of algorith-
 17 mic recommendations that a user encounters on a website, online service,
 18 online application, mobile application, or portion thereof.
 19 2. "Addictive social media platform" shall mean a website, online
 20 service, online application, or mobile application, that offers or
 21 provides users with addictive feeds as a significant part of the
 22 provision of such website, online service, online application, or mobile
 23 application.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09051-01-5

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 1 3. "Algorithmic recommendation" shall mean when a website, online
 2 service, online application, or mobile application, or a portion there-
 3 of, containing multiple pieces of media generated or shared by users,
 4 recommends, selects, or prioritizes certain media for display to a user,
 5 either concurrently or sequentially, based in whole or in part on infor-
 6 mation associated with such user or such user's device, but shall not
 7 include the following:
 8 (a) recommendations, prioritizations, or selections based on informa-
 9 tion that is not persistently associated with the user or user's device,
 10 and does not concern the user's previous interactions with media gener-
 11 ated or shared by other users;
 12 (b) recommendations, prioritizations, or selections based on user-se-
 13 lected privacy or accessibility settings, or technical information
 14 concerning the user's device;
 15 (c) where the user expressly and unambiguously requested the specific
 16 media, media by the author, creator, or poster of media the user has
 17 subscribed to, or media shared by users to a page or group the user has
 18 subscribed to, provided that the media is not recommended, selected, or
 19 prioritized for display based, in whole or in part, on other information
 20 associated with the user or the user's device that is not otherwise
 21 permissible under this subdivision;
 22 (d) where the user expressly and unambiguously requested that specific
 23 media, media by a specified author, creator, or poster of media the user
 24 has subscribed to, or media shared by users to a page or group the user
 25 has subscribed to pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subdivision, be
 26 blocked, prioritized, or dep