(a) A social media company shall not permit an Arkansas user who is a minor to be an account holder on the social media company's social media platform unless the minor has the express consent of a parent or legal guardian.
(b) (1) A social media company shall verify the age of an account holder.(2) If an account holder is a minor, the social media company shall confirm that a minor has consent under subsection (a) of this section to become a new account holder, at the time an Arkansas user opens the account.
(1) A social media company shall verify the age of an account holder.
(2) If an account holder is a minor, the social media company shall confirm that a minor has consent under subsection (a) of this section to become a new account holder, at the time an Arkansas user opens the account.
(c) (1) A social media company shall use a third-party vendor to perform reasonable age verification before allowing access to the social media company's social media platform.(2) Reasonable age verification methods under subdivision (c)(1) of this section include providing:(A) A digitized identification card, including a digital copy of a driver's license under § 27-16-601 et seq.;(B) Government-issued identification; or(C) Any commercially reasonable age verification method.
(1) A social media company shall use a third-party vendor to perform reasonable age verification before allowing access to the social media company's social media platform.
(2) Reasonable age verification methods under subdivision (c)(1) of this section include providing:(A) A digitized identification card, including a digital copy of a driver's license under § 27-16-601 et seq.;(B) Government-issued identification; or(C) Any commercially reasonable age verification method.
(A) A digitized identification card, including a digital copy of a driver's license under § 27-16-601 et seq.;
(B) Government-issued identification; or
(C) Any commercially reasonable age verification method.
(d) A social media platform shall:(1) Consistent with contemporary understanding of addiction, compulsory behavior, and child cognitive development, ensure that the social media platform does not engage in practices to evoke any addiction or compulsive behaviors in an Arkansas user who is a minor, including without limitation through notifications, recommended content, artificial sense of accomplishment, or engagement with online bots that appear human;(2) Ensure that, by default:(A) Notifications to an Arkansas user who is a minor, other than safety or privacy-related alerts, are ceased between the hours of 10:00 p.m. central standard time (CST) and 6:00 a.m. central standard time (CST) and allow a parent or guardian to modify this setting; and(B) Privacy and safety settings for an Arkansas user who is a minor on a covered social media platform provide the most protective level of control for privacy and safety offered by the covered social media platform;(3) Conduct an audit at least one (1) time per quarter to ensure that the social media platform's software, application, or other products are not causing minors to engage in compulsory or addiction-driven behavior; and(4) (A) Develop an easily accessible online dashboard to allow a parent of a minor user to view and understand his or her child's use habits on the covered social media platform.(B) The online dashboard under subdivision (e)(4)(A) of this section shall also provide tools for a parent to restrict his or her minor child's access to the covered social media platform, or logical portions of the covered social media platform.
(1) Consistent with contemporary understanding of addiction, compulsory behavior, and child cognitive development, ensure that the social media platform does not engage in practices to evoke any addiction or compulsive behaviors in an Arkansas user who is a minor, including without limitation through notifications, recommended content, artificial sense of accomplishment, or engagement with online bots that appear human;
(2) Ensure that, by default:(A) Notifications to an Arkansas user who is a minor, other than safety or privacy-related alerts, are ceased between the hours of 10:00 p.m. central standard time (CST) and 6:00 a.m. central standard time (CST) and allow a parent or guardian to modify this setting; and(B) Privacy and safety settings for an Arkansas user who is a minor on a covered social media platform provide the most protective level of control for privacy and safety offered by the covered social media platform;
(A) Notifications to an Arkansas user who is a minor, other than safety or privacy-related alerts, are ceased between the hours of 10:00 p.m. central standard time (CST) and 6:00 a.m. central standard time (CST) and allow a parent or guardian to modify this setting; and
(B) Privacy and safety settings for an Arkansas user who is a minor on a covered social media platform provide the most protective level of control for privacy and safety offered by the covered social media platform;
(3) Conduct an audit at least one (1) time per quarter to ensure that the social media platform's software, application, or other products are not causing minors to engage in compulsory or addiction-driven behavior; and
(4) (A) Develop an easily accessible online dashboard to allow a parent of a minor user to view and understand his or her child's use habits on the covered social media platform.(B) The online dashboard under subdivision (e)(4)(A) of this section shall also provide tools for a parent to restrict his or her minor child's access to the covered social media platform, or logical portions of the covered social media platform.
(A) Develop an easily accessible online dashboard to allow a parent of a minor user to view and understand his or her child's use habits on the covered social media platform.
(B) The online dashboard under subdivision (e)(4)(A) of this section shall also provide tools for a parent to restrict his or her minor child's access to the covered social media platform, or logical portions of the covered social media platform.