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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 1727 By: Jech
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to social media; defining terms;
7 authorizing certain cause of action against a social
8 media company; establishing criteria to recover
8 damages; authorizing certain rebuttable presumption;
9 authorizing certain relief; prohibiting certain
9 liability; authorizing other remedies; stating
10 exception to certain rebuttable presumption;
10 authorizing utilization of certain settings;
11 disallowing certain waiver or limitation; providing
11 for codification; and providing an effective date.
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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16 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 205 of Title 75A, unless there
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17 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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18 A. As used in this act:
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19 1. "Algorithmically curated" means social media platform user
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20 engagement is primarily driven by a curation algorithm and
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21 engagement driven design elements;
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22 2. "Curation algorithm" means a computational process or set of
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23 rules used by a social media platform that determines, influences,
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1 or personalizes output that is designed to encourage prolonged or
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2 frequent engagement;
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3 3. "Engagement driven design elements" means autoplay features
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4 that continuously play content without requiring user interaction,
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5 scroll or pagination that loads additional content as long as the
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6 user continues to scroll, or push notifications;
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7 4. "Excessive use" means the use of a social media platform by
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8 a minor to an extent that the use substantially interferes with the
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9 minor's normal functioning in academic performance, sleep, in-person
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10 relationships, mental health, or physical health;
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11 5. "Minor" means an individual under eighteen (18) years of
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12 age;
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13 6. "Push notification" means an automatic electronic message
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14 displayed on a user's device, when the user interface for the social
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15 media platform is not actively open or visible on the device, that
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16 prompts the user to check or engage with the social media platform;
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17 7. "Social media company" means an entity that owns or operates
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18 a social media platform;
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19 8. "Social media platform" means a website or internet medium
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20 that:
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21 a. permits a person to become a registered user,
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22 establish an account, or create a profile for the
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23 purpose of allowing users to create, share, and view
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1 user-generated content through such an account or
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2 profile,
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3 b. enables one or more users to generate content that can
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4 be viewed by other users of the medium, and
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5 c. primarily serves as a medium for users to interact
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6 with content generated by other users of the medium;
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8 9. "User" means a person who accesses or uses a social media
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9 platform.
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10 B. 1. A minor user who is a resident of this state or his or
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11 her parent or legal guardian may bring a cause of action against a
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12 social media company in court for an adverse mental health outcome
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13 arising, in whole or in part, from the minor's excessive use of the
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14 social media company's algorithmically curated service on a social
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15 media platform.
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16 2. To recover damages in a cause of action brought pursuant to
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17 this subsection, a person who brings the cause of action must
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18 demonstrate:
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19 a. that the minor user has been diagnosed by a licensed
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20 mental health care provider with an adverse mental
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21 health outcome, and
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22 b. that the adverse mental health outcome was caused by
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23 the minor user's excessive use of an algorithmically
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24 curated social media platform.
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1 3. Except as provided in paragraph 4 of this subsection, a
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2 person who brings an action pursuant to this subsection is entitled
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3 to a rebuttable presumption that:
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4 a. the minor user's adverse mental health outcome was
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5 caused, in whole or in part, by the minor user's
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6 excessive use of the algorithmically curated social
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7 media platform, and
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8 b. the minor user's excessive use of the algorithmically
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9 curated social media platform was caused, in whole or
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10 in part, by the algorithmically curated social media
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11 platform's curation algorithm and engagement driven
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12 design elements.
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13 4. A social media company that complies with the provisions of
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14 subsection C of this section is entitled to a rebuttable presumption
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15 that:
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16 a. the minor user's adverse mental health outcome was not
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17 caused, in whole or in part, by the minor user's
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18 excessive use of the algorithmically curated social
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19 media platform, and
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20 b. the minor user's excessive use of the algorithmically
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21 curated social media platform was not caused, in whole
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22 or in part, by the algorithmically curated social
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23 media platform's curation algorithm and engagement
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1 5. If a court or fact finder finds that a minor user of this
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2 state suffered any adverse mental health outcome as a result of the
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3 minor's use of a social media platform's algorithmically curated
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4 service, the person seeking relief is entitled to:
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5 a. an award of reasonable attorney fees and court costs,
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7 b. an amount equal to the greater of:
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8 (1) Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for each
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9 adverse mental health outcome incidence, or
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10 (2) the amount of actual damages.
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11 6. A social media company shall not be held liable based on the
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12 content of material posted by users of its algorithmically curated
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13 social media platforms or for declining to restrict access to or
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14 modify user posts based solely on the content of such posts.
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15 7. Nothing in this subsection shall displace any other
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16 available remedies or rights authorized by state or federal law.
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17 C. 1. A person is not entitled to the rebuttable presumption
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18 described in paragraph 3 of subsection B of this section and a
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19 social media platform is entitled to the rebuttable presumption
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20 described in paragraph 4 of subsection B of this section, if the
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21 social media company demonstrates to the court that its social media
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22 platform:
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23 a. limits a minor user who is a resident of this state's
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24 use of the algorithmically curated social media
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1 platform to no more than three (3) hours in a twenty-
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2 four-hour period across all devices,
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3 b. restricts a minor user who is a resident of this state
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4 from accessing the algorithmically curated social
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5 media platform between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and
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6 6:30 a.m.,
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7 c. requires the parent or legal guardian of the minor who
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8 is a resident of this state to consent to a minor
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9 user's use of the algorithmically curated social media
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10 platform, and
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11 d. disables engagement driven design elements for a minor
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12 user's account.
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13 2. A social media platform may utilize settings that are
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14 enabled at the device level to impose the requirements described in
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15 this subsection; provided, however, a social media platform remains
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16 liable to ensure that the minor user's account is subject to the
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17 restrictions pursuant to this subsection.
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18 D. A waiver or limitation, or a purported waiver or limitation,
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19 of any of the following is void and unlawful, is against public
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20 policy, and a court or arbitrator may not enforce or give effect to
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21 the waiver, notwithstanding any contract or choice-of-law provision
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23 1. A protection or requirement provided pursuant to this
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1 2. The right to cooperate with or file a complaint with a
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3 3. The right to a private right of action as provided pursuant
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4 to subsection B of this section; or
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5 4. The right to recover actual damages, statutory damages,
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6 civil penalties, costs, or fees as authorized pursuant to this
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7 section.
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8 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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