| 17 | | - | platforms to permanently delete certain information 4 |
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| 18 | | - | under specified circumstances, allow parents or legal 5 |
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| 19 | | - | guardians of certain minor account holders to view 6 |
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| 20 | | - | specified information, disclose certain data to law 7 |
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| 21 | | - | enforcement officers under specified circumstances, 8 |
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| 22 | | - | and prohibit certain minor account holders from using 9 |
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| 23 | | - | or accessing certain messages; providing an effective 10 |
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| 24 | | - | date. 11 |
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| 25 | | - | 12 |
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| 26 | | - | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 |
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| 27 | | - | 14 |
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| 28 | | - | Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2), paragraph (b) 15 |
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| 29 | | - | of subsection (3), and paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of 16 |
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| 30 | | - | section 501.1736, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 17 |
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| 31 | | - | 501.1736 Social media use for minors. — 18 |
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| 32 | | - | (2) 19 |
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| 33 | | - | (b) A social media platform shall: 20 |
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| 34 | | - | 1. Terminate any account held by an account holder younger 21 |
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| 35 | | - | than 14 years of age, including accounts that the social media 22 |
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| 36 | | - | platform treats or categorizes as belonging to an account holder 23 |
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| 37 | | - | who is likely younger than 14 years of age for purposes of 24 |
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| 38 | | - | targeting content or advertising, and provide 90 days for an 25 |
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| 17 | + | platforms to allow parents or guardians and law 4 |
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| 18 | + | enforcement officers to view messages of certain minor 5 |
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| 19 | + | account holders and prohibit such account holders from 6 |
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| 20 | + | using or accessing certain messages; providing an 7 |
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| 21 | + | effective date. 8 |
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| 22 | + | 9 |
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| 23 | + | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 |
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| 24 | + | 11 |
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| 25 | + | Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2), paragraph (b) 12 |
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| 26 | + | of subsection (3), and paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of 13 |
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| 27 | + | section 501.1736, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 14 |
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| 28 | + | 501.1736 Social media use for minors. — 15 |
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| 29 | + | (2) 16 |
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| 30 | + | (b) A social media platform shall: 17 |
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| 31 | + | 1. Terminate any accou nt held by an account holder younger 18 |
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| 32 | + | than 14 years of age, including accounts that the social media 19 |
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| 33 | + | platform treats or categorizes as belonging to an account holder 20 |
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| 34 | + | who is likely younger than 14 years of age for purposes of 21 |
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| 35 | + | targeting content or advertising , and provide 90 days for an 22 |
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| 36 | + | account holder to dispute such termination. Termination must be 23 |
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| 37 | + | effective upon the expiration of the 90 days if the account 24 |
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| 38 | + | holder fails to effectively dispute the termination. 25 |
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| 51 | | - | account holder to dispute such termination. Termination must be 26 |
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| 52 | | - | effective upon the expiration of the 90 days if the account 27 |
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| 53 | | - | holder fails to effectively dispute the termination. 28 |
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| 54 | | - | 2. Allow an account holder younger than 14 years of age to 29 |
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| 55 | | - | request to terminate the account. Termination must be effective 30 |
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| 56 | | - | within 5 business days after such request. 31 |
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| 57 | | - | 3. Allow the confirmed parent or guardian of an account 32 |
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| 58 | | - | holder younger than 14 years of age to request that the minor's 33 |
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| 59 | | - | account be terminated. Termination must be effective within 10 34 |
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| 60 | | - | business days after such request. 35 |
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| 61 | | - | 4. Permanently delet e all personal information held by the 36 |
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| 62 | | - | social media platform relating to the terminated account within 37 |
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| 63 | | - | 45 days after termination of the account , unless there are legal 38 |
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| 64 | | - | requirements to maintain such information. 39 |
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| 65 | | - | 5. Allow the confirmed parent or legal guar dian of an 40 |
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| 66 | | - | account holder younger than 14 years of age to view a list of 41 |
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| 67 | | - | the account names with which the minor has exchanged messages. 42 |
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| 68 | | - | 6. Upon receipt of a valid legal process, including, but 43 |
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| 69 | | - | not limited to, a court order, subpoena, or search warrant th at 44 |
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| 70 | | - | complies with 18 U.S.C. s. 2703 and applicable state law, 45 |
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| 71 | | - | disclose to a law enforcement officer any technically feasible 46 |
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| 72 | | - | and reasonably available data that is responsive to a criminal 47 |
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| 73 | | - | investigation related to an account held by a minor. 48 |
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| 74 | | - | 7. Prohibit an account holder who is younger than 14 years 49 |
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| 75 | | - | of age from using or accessing messages that are designed to 50 |
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| 51 | + | 2. Allow an account holder younger than 14 years of age to 26 |
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| 52 | + | request to terminate the account. Termination must be effective 27 |
|---|
| 53 | + | within 5 business days after such request. 28 |
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| 54 | + | 3. Allow the confirmed parent or guardian of an account 29 |
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| 55 | + | holder younger than 14 years of age to request that the minor's 30 |
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| 56 | + | account be terminated. Termination must be effective within 10 31 |
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| 57 | + | business days after such request. 32 |
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| 58 | + | 4. Permanently delete all personal information held by the 33 |
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| 59 | + | social media platform relating to the terminated account, unless 34 |
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| 60 | + | there are legal requirements to maintain such inf ormation. 35 |
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| 61 | + | 5. Allow the confirmed parent or legal guardian of an 36 |
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| 62 | + | account holder younger than 14 years of age to view all 37 |
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| 63 | + | messages. 38 |
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| 64 | + | 6. Allow law enforcement officers to view messages of a 39 |
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| 65 | + | minor that are relevant to any investigation upon receiving 40 |
|---|
| 66 | + | consent from the confirmed parent or guardian or pursuant to a 41 |
|---|
| 67 | + | warrant. 42 |
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| 68 | + | 7. Prohibit an account holder who is younger than 14 years 43 |
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| 69 | + | of age from using or accessing messages that are designed to 44 |
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| 70 | + | disappear or self-destruct after a certain period of time or 45 |
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| 71 | + | upon viewing, or messages that are ephemeral in nature. 46 |
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| 72 | + | (3) 47 |
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| 73 | + | (b) A social media platform shall: 48 |
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| 74 | + | 1. Terminate any account held by an account holder who is 49 |
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| 75 | + | 14 or 15 years of age, including accounts that the social media 50 |
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| 88 | | - | disappear or self-destruct after a certain period of time or 51 |
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| 89 | | - | upon viewing, or messages that are ephemeral in nature. 52 |
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| 90 | | - | (3) 53 |
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| 91 | | - | (b) A social media platfor m shall: 54 |
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| 92 | | - | 1. Terminate any account held by an account holder who is 55 |
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| 93 | | - | 14 or 15 years of age, including accounts that the social media 56 |
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| 94 | | - | platform treats or categorizes as belonging to an account holder 57 |
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| 95 | | - | who is likely 14 or 15 years of age for purposes of targeting 58 |
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| 96 | | - | content or advertising, if the account holder's parent or 59 |
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| 97 | | - | guardian has not provided consent for the minor to create or 60 |
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| 98 | | - | maintain the account. The social media platform shall provide 90 61 |
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| 99 | | - | days for an account holder to dispute such termination. 62 |
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| 100 | | - | Termination must be effective upon the expiration of the 90 days 63 |
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| 101 | | - | if the account holder fails to effectively dispute the 64 |
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| 102 | | - | termination. 65 |
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| 103 | | - | 2. Allow an account holder who is 14 or 15 years of age to 66 |
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| 104 | | - | request to terminate the account. Termination must be effective 67 |
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| 105 | | - | within 5 business days after such request. 68 |
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| 106 | | - | 3. Allow the confirmed parent or guardian of an account 69 |
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| 107 | | - | holder who is 14 or 15 years of age to request that the minor's 70 |
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| 108 | | - | account be terminated. Termination must be effective within 10 71 |
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| 109 | | - | business days after such request . 72 |
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| 110 | | - | 4. Permanently delete all personal information held by the 73 |
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| 111 | | - | social media platform relating to the terminated account within 74 |
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| 112 | | - | 45 days after termination of the account , unless there are legal 75 |
|---|
| 88 | + | platform treats or categorizes as belonging to an account holder 51 |
|---|
| 89 | + | who is likely 14 or 15 years of age for purposes of targeting 52 |
|---|
| 90 | + | content or advertising, if the account holder's parent or 53 |
|---|
| 91 | + | guardian has not provided consent for the minor to create or 54 |
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| 92 | + | maintain the account. The social media platf orm shall provide 90 55 |
|---|
| 93 | + | days for an account holder to dispute such termination. 56 |
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| 94 | + | Termination must be effective upon the expiration of the 90 days 57 |
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| 95 | + | if the account holder fails to effectively dispute the 58 |
|---|
| 96 | + | termination. 59 |
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| 97 | + | 2. Allow an account holder who is 14 or 15 y ears of age to 60 |
|---|
| 98 | + | request to terminate the account. Termination must be effective 61 |
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| 99 | + | within 5 business days after such request. 62 |
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| 100 | + | 3. Allow the confirmed parent or guardian of an account 63 |
|---|
| 101 | + | holder who is 14 or 15 years of age to request that the minor's 64 |
|---|
| 102 | + | account be terminated. Termination must be effective within 10 65 |
|---|
| 103 | + | business days after such request. 66 |
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| 104 | + | 4. Permanently delete all personal information held by the 67 |
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| 105 | + | social media platform relating to the terminated account, unless 68 |
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| 106 | + | there are legal requirements to maintain such information. 69 |
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| 107 | + | 5. Allow the confirmed parent or guardian of an account 70 |
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| 108 | + | holder who is 14 or 15 years of age to view all messages. 71 |
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| 109 | + | 6. Allow law enforcement officers to view messages of an 72 |
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| 110 | + | account holder younger who is a minor that are relevant to any 73 |
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| 111 | + | investigation upon receiving consent from the confirmed parent 74 |
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| 112 | + | or guardian of the minor or pursuant to a warrant. 75 |
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| 125 | | - | requirements to maintain such information. 76 |
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| 126 | | - | 5. Allow the confir med parent or legal guardian of an 77 |
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| 127 | | - | account holder who is 14 or 15 years of age to view a list of 78 |
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| 128 | | - | the account names with which the minor has exchanged messages. 79 |
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| 129 | | - | 6. Upon receipt of a valid legal process, including, but 80 |
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| 130 | | - | not limited to, a court order, subpoe na, or search warrant that 81 |
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| 131 | | - | complies with 18 U.S.C. s. 2703 and applicable state law, 82 |
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| 132 | | - | disclose to a law enforcement officer any technically feasible 83 |
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| 133 | | - | and reasonably available data that is responsive to a criminal 84 |
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| 134 | | - | investigation related to an account held by a minor. 85 |
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| 135 | | - | 7. Prohibit an account holder who is 14 or 15 years of age 86 |
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| 136 | | - | from using or accessing messages that are designed to disappear 87 |
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| 137 | | - | or self-destruct after a certain period of time or upon viewing, 88 |
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| 138 | | - | or messages that are ephemeral in nature. 89 |
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| 139 | | - | (4) If a court enjoins the enforcement of subsection (3) 90 |
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| 140 | | - | or would otherwise enjoin enforcement of any other provision of 91 |
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| 141 | | - | this section due to subsection (3), then subsection (3) shall be 92 |
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| 142 | | - | severed, and the following shall come into effect: 93 |
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| 143 | | - | (b) A social media platform sha ll: 94 |
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| 144 | | - | 1. Terminate any account held by an account holder who is 95 |
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| 145 | | - | 14 or 15 years of age, including accounts that the social media 96 |
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| 146 | | - | platform treats or categorizes as belonging to an account holder 97 |
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| 147 | | - | who is likely 14 or 15 years of age for purposes of targeting 98 |
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| 148 | | - | content or advertising, and provide 90 days for an account 99 |
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| 149 | | - | holder to dispute such termination. Termination must be 100 |
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| 125 | + | 7. Prohibit an account holder who is 14 or 15 years of age 76 |
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| 126 | + | from using or accessing messages that are designed to disappear 77 |
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| 127 | + | or self-destruct after a certain period of time or upon viewing, 78 |
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| 128 | + | or messages that are ephemeral in nature. 79 |
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| 129 | + | (4) If a court enjoins the enforcement of subsection (3) 80 |
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| 130 | + | or would otherwise enjoin enforcement of any other provision of 81 |
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| 131 | + | this section due to subsection (3), then subsec tion (3) shall be 82 |
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| 132 | + | severed, and the following shall come into effect: 83 |
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| 133 | + | (b) A social media platform shall: 84 |
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| 134 | + | 1. Terminate any account held by an account holder who is 85 |
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| 135 | + | 14 or 15 years of age, including accounts that the social media 86 |
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| 136 | + | platform treats or categor izes as belonging to an account holder 87 |
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| 137 | + | who is likely 14 or 15 years of age for purposes of targeting 88 |
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| 138 | + | content or advertising, and provide 90 days for an account 89 |
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| 139 | + | holder to dispute such termination. Termination must be 90 |
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| 140 | + | effective upon the expiration of 90 days if the account holder 91 |
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| 141 | + | fails to effectively dispute the termination. 92 |
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| 142 | + | 2. Allow an account holder who is 14 or 15 years of age to 93 |
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| 143 | + | request to terminate the account. Termination must be effective 94 |
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| 144 | + | within 5 business days after such request. 95 |
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| 145 | + | 3. Allow the confirmed parent or guardian of an account 96 |
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| 146 | + | holder who is 14 or 15 years of age to request that the minor's 97 |
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| 147 | + | account be terminated. Termination must be effective within 10 98 |
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| 148 | + | business days after such request. 99 |
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| 149 | + | 4. Permanently delete all personal information held by the 100 |
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| 162 | | - | effective upon the expiration of 90 days if the account holder 101 |
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| 163 | | - | fails to effectively dispute the termination. 102 |
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| 164 | | - | 2. Allow an account holder who is 14 or 15 years of age to 103 |
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| 165 | | - | request to terminate the account. Termination must be effective 104 |
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| 166 | | - | within 5 business days after such request. 105 |
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| 167 | | - | 3. Allow the confirmed parent or guardian of an account 106 |
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| 168 | | - | holder who is 14 or 15 years of age to request that the minor's 107 |
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| 169 | | - | account be terminated. Termination must be effective within 10 108 |
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| 170 | | - | business days after such request. 109 |
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| 171 | | - | 4. Permanently delete all personal information held by the 110 |
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| 172 | | - | social media platform relating to the terminated account within 111 |
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| 173 | | - | 45 days after termination of the account, unless there are legal 112 |
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| 174 | | - | requirements to maintain such information. 113 |
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| 175 | | - | 5. Allow the confirmed parent or legal guardian of an 114 |
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| 176 | | - | account holder who is 14 or 15 years of age to view a list of 115 |
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| 177 | | - | the account names with which the minor has exchanged messages. 116 |
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| 178 | | - | 6. Upon receipt of a valid legal process, including, but 117 |
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| 179 | | - | not limited to, a court order, subpoena, or search warrant that 118 |
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| 180 | | - | complies with 18 U.S.C. s. 2703 and applicable state law, 119 |
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| 181 | | - | disclose to a law enforcement officer any technically feasible 120 |
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| 182 | | - | and reasonably available data that is responsive to a criminal 121 |
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| 183 | | - | investigation related to an account held by a minor. 122 |
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| 184 | | - | 7. Prohibit an account holder who is 14 or 15 years of age 123 |
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| 185 | | - | from using or accessing messages that are designed to disappear 124 |
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| 186 | | - | or self-destruct after a certain period of time or upon viewing, 125 |
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| 195 | | - | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 199 | | - | or messages that are ephemeral in nature. 126 |
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| 200 | | - | Section 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026. 127 |
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| 162 | + | social media platform relating to the terminated account, unless 101 |
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| 163 | + | there are legal requirements to maintain such information. 102 |
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| 164 | + | 5. Allow the confirmed parent or guardian of an account 103 |
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| 165 | + | holder who is 14 or 15 years of age to view all messages. 104 |
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| 166 | + | 6. Allow law enforcement officers to view messages of an 105 |
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| 167 | + | account holder who is 14 or 15 years of age that are relevant to 106 |
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| 168 | + | any investigation upon receiving consent from the confirmed 107 |
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| 169 | + | parent or guardian of the minor or pursuant to a warrant. 108 |
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| 170 | + | 7. Prohibit an account holder who is 14 or 15 years of age 109 |
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| 171 | + | from using or accessing messages that are designed to disappear 110 |
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| 172 | + | or self-destruct after a certain period of time or upon viewing, 111 |
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| 173 | + | or messages that are ephemeral in nature. 112 |
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| 174 | + | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 113 |
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