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MinnesotaMinnesotaHF 48
Ban on social media algorithms that target children
Would prohibit social media platforms from using algorithms to target user-created content at minors.
Platforms and antitrust
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MalaysiaMalaysiaAct A1743
Communications and Multimedia (Amendment) Act 2025
Amends the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, updating the regulatory framework for communications and online services alongside the Online Safety Act 2025.
United States (federal)United States (federal)Executive Order 14166
Application of Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act to TikTok
Directed the Attorney General not to enforce the TikTok divestiture law for 75 days while the administration sought a resolution.
United States (federal)United States (federal)No. 24-656
TikTok Inc. v. Garland
The Supreme Court upheld the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, rejecting TikTok's First Amendment challenge to the divest-or-ban law.
CanadaCanadaBill C-63 (44th Parliament, 1st Session)
Online Harms Act
Government bill that would have enacted the Online Harms Act and amended the Criminal Code and Canadian Human Rights Act to address harmful online content; it died at second reading when Parliament was prorogued.
United KingdomUnited Kingdom2024 c. 13
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
Gives the Competition and Markets Authority powers to designate firms with strategic market status in digital activities and impose conduct requirements, and reforms competition and consumer protection law.
ChinaChinaState Council Order No. 790
Network Data Security Management Regulations
Implements the Cybersecurity Law, Data Security Law and Personal Information Protection Law with detailed rules on personal information handling, important data protection, cross-border data transfers and obligations of large online platforms.
European UnionEuropean UnionDirective (EU) 2024/2831
Platform Work Directive
Creates a legal presumption of employment for people working through digital labour platforms and sets the first EU rules on algorithmic management, including human oversight of automated decisions and limits on processing workers' personal data.
United NationsUnited NationsA/HRC/RES/57/29
Promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet (2024)
Human Rights Council resolution affirming that the same rights people have offline must also be protected online, in particular freedom of expression.
CaliforniaCaliforniaAB 2655
Defending Democracy from Deepfake Deception Act of 2024
Requires large online platforms to block or label materially deceptive AI-generated or altered content about candidates and election officials during set periods around elections.
CaliforniaCaliforniaSB 981
Sexually Explicit Digital Images: Platform Reporting
Requires social media platforms to give California users a way to report sexually explicit digital identity theft and to temporarily block reported content while it is reviewed.
UtahUtahSB 194
Social Media Regulation Amendments (Utah Minor Protection in Social Media Act)
Requires social media companies to use age assurance and apply default privacy and design protections to accounts of Utah minors.
United States (federal)United States (federal)S. 2073
Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act
Senate package combining the Kids Online Safety Act and COPPA 2.0 that sets a duty of care for platforms toward minors and extends online privacy protections to teens.
United NationsUnited NationsA/HRC/RES/56/6
Safety of the child in the digital environment
Human Rights Council resolution on protecting children from harm in the digital environment while respecting their rights online.
United States (federal)United States (federal)No. 22-277 (with No. 22-555, NetChoice v. Paxton)
Moody v. NetChoice, LLC
The Supreme Court vacated appellate rulings on Florida and Texas laws regulating large social media platforms' content moderation and remanded the facial First Amendment challenges for proper analysis.
MinnesotaMinnesotaSF 2744
Digital Fair Repair Act and Genetic Information Privacy Act (2023 commerce omnibus)
Commerce omnibus that enacted the Digital Fair Repair Act requiring manufacturers to provide parts, tools and documentation for digital electronic equipment, and the Genetic Information Privacy Act governing direct-to-consumer genetic testing data.
United States (federal)United States (federal)No. 23-411
Murthy v. Missouri
The Supreme Court held that the states and social media users lacked standing to seek an injunction against federal officials over alleged pressure on platforms to moderate content.
LouisianaLouisianaHB 577
Ban on targeted advertising to minors on social media (Act 656 of 2024)
Prohibits social media companies from collecting minors' data to use for targeted advertising.
DelawareDelawareHB 265
Age Verification for Material Harmful to Minors
Would have required commercial websites providing pornography or material harmful to minors to verify users' ages, with civil liability and penalties.
FranceFranceLoi n. 2024-449 du 21 mai 2024
SREN Law (securing and regulating the digital space)
French law to secure and regulate the digital space that strengthens Arcom's powers to enforce age verification on pornographic sites, with penalties up to 4 percent of worldwide revenue, and creates an offence of sharing non-consensual algorithmically generated sexual content.
South CarolinaSouth CarolinaH 3424
Child Online Safety Act (Act 198 of 2024)
Requires websites that publish a substantial portion of material harmful to minors to verify users' ages.
TennesseeTennesseeHB 1891 / SB 2097
Protecting Children from Social Media Act
Requires social media companies to verify the age of account holders and obtain parental consent for minors to open accounts, and gives parents supervision tools.
MarylandMarylandHB 603
Maryland Kids Code
Requires online products reasonably likely to be accessed by children to complete data protection impact assessments, provide privacy protections and avoid certain data collection and sharing practices; cross-filed with SB 571.
United States (federal)United States (federal)S. 474
REPORT Act
Expands online service providers' duties to report child sexual exploitation to NCMEC and lengthens evidence preservation periods.
OklahomaOklahomaSB 1959
Age verification for online adult material
Requires commercial websites that publish a substantial amount of material harmful to minors to verify that users are adults, with civil liability for violations.
KansasKansasSB 394
Age verification for websites with material harmful to minors
Requires websites containing material harmful to minors to use age-verification technology before granting access.
United States (federal)United States (federal)H.R. 815
Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act and Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries Act (enacted in H.R. 815)
National security supplemental law whose Division H requires ByteDance to divest TikTok or face a U.S. ban and whose Division I bars data brokers from selling Americans' sensitive data to foreign adversaries.
AlabamaAlabamaHB 164
Online Distribution of Material Harmful to Minors; Age Verification
Requires commercial websites with a substantial share of material harmful to minors to use age verification and display warnings.
IdahoIdahoH 498
Liability for Publishers and Distributors of Material Harmful to Minors on the Internet
Requires commercial websites with a substantial share of material harmful to minors to verify users' ages and creates civil liability for failures.
United States (federal)United States (federal)No. 22-611
Lindke v. Freed
The Supreme Court set the test for when a public official who blocks people on a personal social media page is engaged in state action.
United States (federal)United States (federal)H.R. 7521
Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act
Standalone House bill requiring ByteDance to divest TikTok or face a U.S. app store and hosting ban; its text was later enacted through H.R. 815.
IndianaIndianaSB 17
Age verification for material harmful to minors
Requires adult-oriented websites that display material harmful to minors to use reasonable age verification, with private causes of action for parents and others.
UtahUtahHB 464
Social Media Amendments
Creates a private right of action against social media companies for mental health harms to minors caused by excessive use of algorithmically curated platforms.
BrazilTSE Resolution 23.732/2024 on AI in electoral propaganda
Amends TSE Resolution 23.610/2019 on electoral propaganda, adding rules on the use of artificial intelligence in campaign content, including labeling of synthetic content and a ban on deepfakes.
AfCFTA Protocol on Digital Trade
Adds a digital trade protocol to the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement, setting common rules on digital trade, cross-border data transfers, personal data protection and online consumer protection.
North CarolinaNorth CarolinaHB 8
Various Statutory Changes, including the Pornography Age Verification Enforcement (PAVE) Act
Omnibus education bill that includes the PAVE Act, requiring commercial websites that publish material harmful to minors to use reasonable age verification.
United States (federal)United States (federal)S. 1409
Kids Online Safety Act
Would set a duty of care for covered online platforms to prevent specified harms to minors and require safeguards, parental tools and independent audits.
MontanaMontanaSB 419
Ban TikTok in Montana
Prohibits TikTok from operating in Montana and bars app stores from offering it to Montana users, with daily penalties for violations.
ArkansasArkansasSB 396
Social Media Safety Act
Requires large social media companies to verify users' ages through a third party and obtain parental consent for users under 18.
ChinaChinaCAC Order No. 15
Interim Measures for the Management of Generative AI Services
Sets rules for providers offering generative AI services to the public in China, covering training data legality, content controls, labeling, user protection, security assessments and algorithm filing.
LouisianaLouisianaSB 162
Secure Online Child Interaction and Age Limitation Act (Act 456 of 2023)
Requires social media platforms to verify ages and obtain parental consent before minors under 16 can open accounts, and limits data collection and messaging for minors.
TexasTexasSB 1893
Ban on TikTok and covered apps on government devices
Prohibits the use of TikTok and other covered social media applications on devices owned or leased by governmental entities.
FloridaFloridaSB 262
Florida Digital Bill of Rights (Technology Transparency)
Creates consumer data privacy rights for large controllers, limits government requests to social media platforms, and restricts how online platforms likely accessed by children use their data.
MontanaMontanaSB 544
Revise internet laws related to material harmful to minors
Requires commercial websites that publish a substantial amount of material harmful to minors to verify users' ages and creates civil liability for failing to do so.
MississippiMississippiSB 2346
Age verification for material harmful to minors
Makes commercial entities that publish material harmful to minors on the internet liable if they do not use reasonable age verification.
ArkansasArkansasSB 66
Protection of Minors from Distribution of Harmful Material Act
Requires reasonable age verification by websites publishing material harmful to minors and creates liability for failing to do so.
LouisianaLouisianaHB 142
Age verification for material harmful to minors (Act 440 of 2022)
Makes commercial publishers and distributors of material harmful to minors liable if they do not use reasonable age verification on their websites.
New HampshireAge verification for access to pornographic material
Would have required commercial entities to verify users' ages before allowing access to pornographic material.
New HampshireParental consent and age verification for digital application platforms
Would have required app platforms to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent for minors.