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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 838 By: Thompson
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to social media; defining terms;
7 prohibiting certain accounts; requiring certain age
8 verification; requiring certain account termination;
8 providing time frame for certain implementation;
9 providing certain exceptions; authorizing Attorney
9 General to bring civil action and seek certain
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 203 of Title 75A, unless there
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16 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. As used in this section:
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18 1. "Social media platform" means a website or internet medium
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19 that:
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20 a. permits a person to become a registered user,
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21 establish an account, or create a profile for the
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22 purpose of allowing users to create, share, and view
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23 user-generated content through such an account or
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24 profile,
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1 b. enables one or more users to generate content that can
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2 be viewed by other users of the medium, and
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3 c. primarily serves as a medium for users to interact
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6 2. "User" means a person who accesses or uses a social media
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8 B. 1. A social media platform shall not permit an individual
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9 under sixteen (16) years of age to create or maintain an account or
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10 profile on such platform.
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11 2. A social media platform shall perform reasonable age
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12 verification methods to verify the age of each user pursuant to the
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13 provisions of this section.
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14 3. Any account and data of a user determined to be under
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15 sixteen (16) years of age that is created before the effective date
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16 of this act shall be deleted and removed from the platform.
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17 Social media platforms shall have six (6) months after the effective
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18 date of this act to carry out the provisions of this subsection.
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19 C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a text
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20 messaging platform or a platform for which the primary purpose is
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22 D. The Attorney General is authorized to bring a civil action
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1 this section and to seek injunctive relief or other appropriate
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3 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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