199 on file · 124 became law · 23 still moving · 11 moved in 30 days
OhioState operating budget that requires the Department of Education and Workforce to develop a model policy on AI use in schools and requires websites offering material harmful to juveniles to verify users' ages.
United States (federal)Approves a framework for a qualified divestiture of TikTok's U.S. operations under the 2024 law and further delays enforcement.
United States (federal)Further extended the TikTok enforcement delay.
CaliforniaBars platforms from giving minors addictive algorithmic feeds without parental consent and limits notifications to minors overnight and during school hours.
United States (federal)The Ninth Circuit largely affirmed the refusal to block California's law limiting minors' access to algorithmic feeds, while finding NetChoice likely to succeed against a default setting hiding like counts on minors' accounts.
ChinaRequires providers of AI generation services and content distribution platforms to add explicit visible labels and implicit metadata labels to AI-generated text, audio, images, video and virtual scenes, and bars removing or forging those labels.
TexasRequires social media platforms to provide a way for users to report explicit deepfake material and to respond to and act on such reports on set timelines.
United States (federal)The court permanently enjoined California's AB 2655, which required platforms to block or label deceptive election deepfakes, as preempted by Section 230, and permanently enjoined AB 2839 against the plaintiffs.
MississippiRequires digital service providers to register users' ages, obtain parental consent for minors, limit collection of minors' data and mitigate harms to minors, and adds morphed images of children to the child exploitation crime.
United States (federal)The Supreme Court denied NetChoice's application to vacate a Fifth Circuit stay, allowing Mississippi's social media age verification law to be enforced while litigation continues.
European UnionSets common rules to protect media pluralism and editorial independence, including safeguards against spyware use on journalists, transparency of media ownership and state advertising, and treatment of media content by very large online platforms.
United KingdomImposes duties on user-to-user and search services to tackle illegal content and protect children, enforced by Ofcom through codes of practice, age assurance requirements and penalties.
ChinaCreates a voluntary state-run online identity system that issues citizens a network ID number and network certificate so they can verify their identity to platforms without handing over ID card details, while platforms must keep other verification options.
GeorgiaRequires social media platforms to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent for users under 16, and requires schools to block social media on school networks.
North CarolinaEducation omnibus that promotes internet safety, requires social media literacy instruction in schools and requires limits on student use of wireless devices during instructional time.
LouisianaRequires app stores to verify users ages and obtain parental consent for minors, and sets related duties for app developers.
United States (federal)Would bar social media platforms from allowing children under 13 to hold accounts and limit algorithmic feeds for users under 17.
TexasRequires commercial websites where more than one third of content is sexual material harmful to minors to verify that users are adults.
ConnecticutOmnibus act that amends the Connecticut Data Privacy Act and adds rules for social media platforms, online services, gaming and consumer contracts.
United States (federal)Further extended the TikTok enforcement delay by 90 days.
FloridaWould have required social media platforms to decrypt end-to-end encrypted messages under a warrant and let parents view all messages on a minor's account.
VermontRequires online services likely to be accessed by minors to meet a minimum duty of care, set high-privacy defaults for minors and avoid design features that drive compulsive use.
FloridaRequires covered online platforms to set up a process to remove altered sexual depictions, including deepfakes, within 48 hours of a valid request from the depicted person.
LouisianaEstablishes a duty of care for online platforms that enter into contracts with minors.
NevadaWould have restricted processing of children's personal data by online services and required social media platforms to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent for minors.
NebraskaRequires covered online services likely to be used by minors to exercise reasonable care in design, limit data collection and use of minors' data, and set protective default settings.
TexasWould have prohibited social media platforms from allowing Texas residents younger than 18 to hold accounts.
TexasWould have restricted censorship of or interference with digital expression on social media platforms and email services.
TexasWould have amended the applicability section of the SCOPE Act (Business and Commerce Code Chapter 509) governing protection of minors from harmful material on digital services.
TexasWould have regulated access and communications settings for minors' accounts on digital services.
TexasWould have required disclosures on certain automated (bot) posts on social media platforms, with civil penalties.
United States (federal)Criminalizes publishing nonconsensual intimate images, including AI generated deepfakes, and requires covered platforms to remove them within 48 hours of a valid request.
ArizonaRequires commercial websites with a substantial share of sexual material harmful to minors to verify users' ages and bars retention of identifying data.
United States (federal)Nullifies the CFPB rule that would have placed large digital consumer payment apps under federal supervision.
TexasWould have required certain social media platforms to display a warning label about the association between minors' social media use and mental health problems.
ColoradoWould have required social media companies to publish policies, respond to reported content violations and cooperate with law enforcement; the governor vetoed it and the veto was not overridden.
North DakotaSets liability and penalties for commercial entities that publish or distribute sexual material harmful to minors without age verification.
European UnionFirst Digital Markets Act non-compliance decisions, fining Apple 500 million euros for breaching the anti-steering obligation on its App Store and Meta 200 million euros for its pay or consent model.
AlabamaWould have required app store providers to verify user ages and obtain parental consent for minors.
ArkansasCreates a private right of action against social media platforms whose designs or algorithms cause harm and penalizes platforms that knowingly contribute to a minor's suicide or attempt.
ArkansasAmends the Social Media Safety Act, which a federal court had blocked, to revise its age verification and parental consent rules for social media platforms.
OhioState operating budget that included the Social Media Parental Notification Act, requiring social media and online gaming platforms to obtain parental consent before contracting with users under 16.
North DakotaMakes commercial entities that publish or distribute sexual material harmful to minors online liable unless they use age verification.
United States (federal)Extended the TikTok enforcement delay until June 19, 2025.
UtahRequires social media platforms to let Utah users export their data and to support interoperability so users can move their content and connections to other services.
WyomingRequires websites that publish material harmful to minors to verify visitors' ages, with civil remedies, liability and damages for violations.
MinnesotaWould regulate social media use by minors ages 15 and younger and require anonymous age verification for websites harmful to minors.
IndianaWould have required social media operators to obtain verifiable parental consent before users under 16 could use their platforms, with Attorney General enforcement.
South DakotaRequires websites containing a substantial amount of material harmful to minors to verify users' ages, with criminal penalties for violations.
United KingdomSets the user number and functionality thresholds that determine which online services are categorised under the Online Safety Act and face additional duties.
Legislationsby Glyph