HB276 Alabama 2025 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Ben Robbins Representative

Republican

Session

2025 Regular Session

Title

Consumer protection, requires social media platforms terminate certain accounts, display notifications, prohibit certain actions, use age verification, provide certain tools, remove certain content, penalties provided for violations

Description

This bill would require social media platforms to display notifications when minor account holders under 18 years of age use the platform in certain circumstances.

This bill would require social media platforms to prohibit certain actions regarding accounts owned by minors under 18 years of age.

This bill would require social media platforms to respond in a timely manner to inquiries from the Attorney General.

This bill would require social media platforms to use a commercially reasonable age verification process.

This bill would require social media platforms to provide tools and settings for parents, guardians, and minors to support minors with accounts on the platform.

This bill would require social media platforms to remove certain content in certain circumstances.

This bill would require social media platforms to cooperate with law enforcement agencies.

This bill would provide that a knowing or reckless violation by a social media platform of this act is a deceptive trade practice and would provide for HB276 INTRODUCED civil penalties.

This bill would also require the State Department of Education to develop guidelines and a resource bank related to the mental and physical health impacts of social media use by minors.

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Subjects

Consumer Protection