New York S 927: Relates to the regulation of social media companies and social media platforms

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S00927 Summary:

BILL NOS00927 

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COSPNSRASHBY, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, CHAN, GALLIVAN, GRIFFO, HELMING, MATTERA, MURRAY, OBERACKER, PALUMBO,
 RHOADS, STEC, WEBER, WEIK

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Add Art 9-D §§149-c - 149-i, Gen Bus L; amd §94-a, Exec L

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Relates to the regulation of social media companies and social media platforms; provides for age requirements for the use of social media and parental consent; prohibits certain data collection from social media accounts; limits the hours a minor can have access to social media; establishes penalties for violations.

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BILL NOS00927 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 927

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. MARTINS, ASHBY, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, GALLIVAN,
 GRIFFO, HELMING, MATTERA, MURRAY, OBERACKER, PALUMBO, RHOADS, STEC,
 WEBER, WEIK -- 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 and the executive law, in
 relation to the regulation of social media companies and social media
 platforms

 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 article
 2 9-D to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 9-D
 4 NEW YORK SOCIAL MEDIA REGULATION ACT
 5 Section 149-c. Definitions.
 6 149-d. Age requirements for use of social media platform;
 7 parental consent.
 8 149-e. Prohibitions on data collection for certain accounts.
 9 149-f. Parental access to social media account.
 10 149-g. Limited hours of access for minors; parental access and
 11 options.
 12 149-h. Enforcement.
 13 149-i. Private right of action.
 14 § 149-c. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms
 15 shall have the following meanings:
 16 1. "Account holder" means a person who has, or opens, an account or
 17 profile to use a social media company's platform.
 18 2. "Division" means the consumer protection division established
 19 pursuant to section ninety-four-a of the executive law.
 20 3. "Educational entity" means a public school, a local education agen-
 21 cy, a charter school, a private school, a denominational school, a paro-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01738-01-5

 S. 927 2

 1 chial school, a community college, a state university, a city universi-
 2 ty, or a nonprofit private postsecondary educational institution.
 3 4. (a) "Interactive computer service" means an information service,
 4 information system, or information access software provider that:
 5 (i) provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a comput-
 6 er server; and
 7 (ii) provides access to the internet.
 8 (b) "Interactive computer service" shall include:
 9 (i) a web service;
 10 (ii) a web system;
 11 (iii) a website;
 12 (iv) a web application; or
 13 (v) a web portal.
 14 5. "Minor" means an individual who is under the age of eighteen years
 15 old and:
 16 (a) has not been emancipated; or
 17 (b) has not been married.
 18 6. "Post" means content that an account holder makes available on a
 19 social media platform for other account holders or users to view.
 20 7. "Social media company" means a person or entity that:
 21 (a) provides a social media platform that has at least five million
 22 account holders worldwide; and
 23 (b) is an interactive computer service.
 24 8. (a) "Social media platform" means an online forum that a social
 25 media company makes available for an account holder to:
 26 (i) create a profile;
 27 (ii) upload posts;
 28 (iii) view the posts of other account holders; and
 29 (iv) interact with other account holders or users.
 30 (b) "Social media platform" shall not include an online service,
 31 website, or application:
 32 (i) where the predominant or