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	53	+	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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	55	+	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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33		-	SENATE BILL NO. 693 By: Thompson of the Senate
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	57	+	SENATE BILL 693 By: Thompson
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	63	+	AS INTRODUCED
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43	65		An Act relating to social media; defining terms;
44	66		requiring certain warning; establishing criteria for
45	67		certain warning; providing certai n exceptions;
46	68		authorizing Attorney General to bring civil action
47	69		and seek certain relief; providing for codification;
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53	75		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
54	76		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
55	77		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 20 2 of Title 75A, unless there
56	78		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
57	79		A. As used in this section:
58	80		1. “Social media platform ” means a website or internet medium
59	81		that:
60	82		a. permits a person to become a registered user,
61	83		establish an account, or create a profile for the
62	84		purpose of allowing users to create, share, and view
63	85		user-generated content through such an account or
64	86		profile,
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92	138		b. enables one or more users to generat e content that can
93	139		be viewed by other users of the medium, and
94	140		c. primarily serves as a medium for users to interact
95	141		with content generated by other users of the medium;
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97	143		2. “User” means a person who accesses or uses a social media
98	144		platform.
99	145		B. A social media platform shall prominently display a warning
100	146		to any user who accesses the platform for the first time and to any
101	147		established user once per day. Such warning shall appear for a
102	148		duration of sixty (60) seconds, shall render the applications of the
103	149		platform unusable for such duration, and shall not be able to be
104	150		terminated by the user before the end of such duration. Such
105	151		warning shall display the following message: “WARNING. THERE IS
106	152		REASONABLE EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT SOCIAL MEDIA IS HAZARDOUS TO
107	153		MENTAL HEALTH, ESPECIALLY IN YOUNG CHILDREN, TEENAGERS, AND YOUNG
108	154		ADULTS.”
109	155		C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a text
110	156		messaging platform or a platform for which the primary purpose is
111	157		related to education or health care.
112	158		D. The Attorney General is authorized to bring a civil action
113	159		against a social media platform for a violation of the provisions of
114	160		this section and to seek injunctive relief or other appropriate
115	161		relief as determined by the court.
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143	213		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
144		-	~~COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS~~
145		-	~~March 6,~~ 2025 ~~- DO PASS~~
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