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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 1871 By: Jech
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5 AS INTRODUCED
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6 An Act relating to social media; defining terms;
6 requiring certain age verification; requiring
7 segregation of certain data; requiring social media
7 platforms to take certain actions for minor users;
8 providing certain criteria; requiring social media
8 platforms to offer certain supervisory tools;
9 prohibiting certain action; requiring certain
9 parental consent; stating certain presumption;
10 stating certain exceptions; authorizing certain
10 appeal; establishing time frame for certain
11 determination; construing provision; authorizing
11 enforcement authority and rule promulgation;
12 providing penalties; providing for codification; and
12 declaring an emergency.
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15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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16 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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17 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 401 of Title 75A, unless there
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18 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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19 As used in this section:
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20 1. "Account" means a digital profile on a social media platform
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21 that is created by a user;
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22 2. "Connected account" means an account on a social media
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23 platform that is directly connected to:
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24 a. a minor user's account, or
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1 b. an account that is directly connected to an account
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2 directly connected to a minor user's account;
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3 3. "Content" means any information, visual depictions, tools,
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4 features, links, software, or other materials that appear on or are
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5 available or enabled through a social media platform;
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6 4. "Directly connected" means an account on the social media
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7 platform that is connected to another account by:
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8 a. sending a request to connect to another account holder
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9 and having the request to connect accepted by the
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10 other account holder, or
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11 b. receiving a request to connect from another account
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12 holder and accepting the request to connect;
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13 5. "Minor" means an individual under eighteen (18) years of
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14 age;
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15 6. "Personal information" means information that is linked or
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16 can be reasonably linked to an individual, including, but not
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17 limited to:
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18 a. first and last name,
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19 b. date of birth,
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20 c. home or physical address, including street name and
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21 city,
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22 d. screen name or username that reveals an individual's
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23 electronic mail address, first name, or last name,
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24 e. telephone number,
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1 f. Social Security number,
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2 g. photograph, video, or audio file containing a person's
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3 image or voice,
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4 h. geolocation information sufficient to identify street
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5 name and city, and
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6 i. any other identifier that a person may use to contact
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7 a specific individual;
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8 7. "Push notification" means an automatic electronic message
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9 displayed on an account holder's device, when the user interface for
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10 the social media service is not actively open or visible on the
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11 device, that prompts the account holder to check or engage with the
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12 social media platform;
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13 8. "Reasonable age verification measure" means a method of age
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14 verification that is authenticated through the upload of a valid
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15 state-issued form of identification to relate to a user of a social
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16 media platform;
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17 9. "Reasonable age verification process" means an age
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18 verification process employed by a social media company that:
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19 a. uses one or more reasonable age verification measures
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20 in order to verify the age of a user of the social
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21 media platform owned, operated, or otherwise made
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22 available by the social media company,
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23 b. provides that requiring a user to confirm that the
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24 user is not a minor, or to insert the user's birth
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1 date, is not sufficient to constitute a reasonable age
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2 verification measure,
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3 c. ensures that each user is subjected to each reasonable
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4 age verification measure used by the social media
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5 company as part of the age verification process, and
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6 d. does not base verification of a user's age on factors
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7 such as whether the user shares an Internet protocol
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8 (IP) address, hardware identifier, or other technical
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9 indicator with another user determined to not be a
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10 minor;
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11 10. "Social media company" means an entity that owns or
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12 operates a social media platform;
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13 11. "Social media platform" means a website or Internet medium
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14 that:
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15 a. permits a person to become a registered user,
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16 establish an account, or create a profile for the
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17 purpose of allowing users to create, share, and view
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18 user-generated content through such an account or
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19 profile,
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20 b. enables one or more users to generate content that can
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21 be viewed by other users of the medium, and
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22 c. primarily serves as a medium for users to interact
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23 with content generated by other users of the medium;
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24 and
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1 12. "User" means an individual who accesses or uses a social
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2 media platform.
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3 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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4 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 402 of Title 75A, unless there
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5 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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6 A. A social media company shall require each individual
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7 accessing its social media platforms to create a user account in
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8 order to interact with its services.
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9 B. With respect to each user account of a social media platform
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10 that exists as of the effective date of this act, a social media
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11 company shall:
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12 1. On such date, freeze all accounts;
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13 2. In order to restore the functionality of an account, require
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14 that the user provide age data that is verifiable using a reasonable
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15 verification process subject to subsection D of this section; and
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16 3. Using age data, classify each user as a minor or an adult.
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17 C. At the time an individual creates a new user account to
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18 access its services, a social media platform shall:
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19 1. Request age data from the individual;
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20 2. Verify the individual's age using a reasonable age
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21 verification process, subject to subsection D of this section; and
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22 3. Using age data, classify each user as a minor or an adult.
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23 D. A social media platform may contract with a third party to
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24 employ reasonable age verification measures as part of the social
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1 media platform's reasonable age verification process, but the use of
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2 a third party shall not relieve the social media platform of its
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3 obligations under this act or from liability under this act.
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4 E. 1. A social media platform shall segregate any personal
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5 information gathered specifically for reasonable age verification
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6 purposes and shall not use the personal information for any other
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7 purpose except those provided in subparagraphs a through f of
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8 paragraph 2 of subsection G of this section.
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9 2. If a user is determined to be a minor, a social media
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10 platform shall:
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11 a. set default privacy settings to prioritize maximum
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12 privacy of such minor user's account, including
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13 settings that:
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14 (1) restrict the visibility of the minor user's
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15 account to only connected accounts,
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16 (2) limit the minor user's ability to share content
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17 to only connected accounts,
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18 (3) restrict any data collection and sale of data
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19 from a minor user's account that is not otherwise
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20 required for core functioning of the social media
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21 platform,
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22 (4) disable search engine indexing of the minor
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23 user's profiles,
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1 (5) restrict a minor user's direct messaging
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2 capabilities to only allow for direct messaging
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3 to connected accounts, and
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4 (6) allow a minor user to download a file with all
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5 information associated with his or her account,
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6 b. implement and maintain reasonable security measures,
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7 including data encryption, to protect the
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8 confidentiality, security, and integrity of personal
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9 information collected from a minor user who is a
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10 resident of this state,
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11 c. provide an easily accessible and understandable notice
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12 that:
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13 (1) describes any information the social media
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14 platform collects from a minor user, and
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15 (2) explains how the information may be used or
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16 disclosed, and
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17 d. disable the following features that prolong engagement
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18 on a social media platform by a minor user:
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19 (1) autoplay functions that continuously play content
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20 without user interaction,
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21 (2) scroll or pagination that loads additional
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22 content as long as the user continues scrolling,
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23 and
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1 (3) push notifications prompting repeated user
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2 engagement.
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3 3. Upon request of a parent or legal guardian of a minor user,
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4 a social media platform shall:
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5 a. delete the personal information of the minor user,
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6 unless the information is required to be retained
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7 pursuant to state or federal law, and
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8 b. remove any information or material the minor user made
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9 publicly available through the social media platform.
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10 F. A social media platform shall limit a minor user's access to
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11 its services to one (1) hour per day. A social media platform shall
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12 offer the parent or legal guardian of a minor user supervisory tools
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13 that the parent or legal guardian may decide to activate to
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14 supervise the minor user's usage of the services provided by the
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15 social media platform. Such supervisory tools shall include
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16 capabilities for a parent or legal guardian to:
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17 1. Set time limits for the minor user's daily social media
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18 service usage across devices;
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19 2. Schedule mandatory breaks for the minor user during selected
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20 days and times across devices;
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21 3. View:
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22 a. data detailing the minor user's total and average
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23 daily time spent on the social media platform across
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24 devices,
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1 b. a list of connected accounts,
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2 c. a list of accounts blocked by the minor user, and
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3 d. the minor user's:
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4 (1) privacy settings,
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5 (2) content sensitivity settings, and
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6 (3) direct messaging settings and permissions; and
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7 4. Receive notifications when the minor user changes an account
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8 setting described in this subsection.
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9 A social media platform shall inform the parent or legal
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10 guardian of a minor user of their access to these supervisory
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11 features and of the parent or legal guardian's right to utilize such
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12 features.
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13 G. 1. A social media platform shall not allow a minor user who
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14 is a resident of this state to change the default data privacy
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15 setting provided for in subparagraph a of paragraph 2 of subsection
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16 E of this section without first obtaining verifiable written consent
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17 from a minor user's parent or legal guardian. The social media
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18 platform shall verify the identity of the person consenting and the
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19 relationship of the person consenting for the minor.
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20 2. A social media platform's terms of service related to a
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21 minor user who is a resident of this state shall be presumed to
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22 include an assurance of confidentiality for the minor user's
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23 personal information. The presumption of confidentiality may be
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24 overcome if the social media platform obtains verifiable written
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1 consent from a parent or legal guardian of the minor user. The
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2 presumption of confidentiality does not apply to a social media
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3 platform's internal use or external sharing of a minor user's
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4 personal information if the use or sharing is necessary to:
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5 a. maintain or analyze functioning of the social media
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6 service,
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7 b. enable network communications,
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8 c. personalize the user's experience based on the user's
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9 age and location,
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10 d. display a username chosen by the minor user,
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11 e. obtain reasonable age verification information as
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12 required by subsection C of this section, or
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13 f. comply with the requirements of this act or any other
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14 federal or state law.
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15 H. A social media platform shall:
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16 1. Implement a review process allowing a user to appeal his or
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17 her age designation by submitting documentary evidence to establish
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18 the user's age range; and
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19 2. Review evidence submitted by the user and make a
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20 determination within thirty (30) days of submission of the evidence.
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21 I. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a text
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22 messaging platform or a platform for which the primary purpose is
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23 related to education or health care.
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1 SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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2 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 403 of Title 75A, unless there
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3 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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4 A. In the case of a violation of Section 2 of this act, the
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5 Attorney General may bring a civil action in the District Court of
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6 Oklahoma County or a district court in the county in which the
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7 violation occurred to:
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8 1. Enjoin the violation;
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9 2. Enforce compliance with Section 2 of this act; or
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10 3. Obtain civil penalties under subsection C of this section.
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11 B. The Attorney General may promulgate any rules necessary to
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12 enforce the provisions of this act.
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13 C. Any social media company that violates this act shall be
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14 subject to a civil penalty not to exceed Two Thousand Five Hundred
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15 Dollars ($2,500.00) for each violation. Each individual violation
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16 shall be considered a separate violation.
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17 SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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18 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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19 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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20 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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