Arkansas legislation · 95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)
Arkansas SB612: TO CREATE A PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION AGAINST A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM THAT CAUSES HARM; AND TO IMPOSE A CIVIL PENALTY ON A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM THAT KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY CONTRIBUTES TO A MINOR'S SUICIDE OR SUICIDE ATTEMPT
Status: Chaptered, April 22, 2025
What the bill says
An act to be entitled an act to create a private right of action for the use of a design, algorithm, or feature by a social media platform that causes harm; to impose a civil penalty on a social media platform that knowingly and willfully contributes to the suicide or attempted suicide of a minor; and for other purposes. subtitle to create a private right of action against a social media platform that causes harm; and to impose a civil penalty on a social media platform that knowingly and willfully contributes to a minor's suicide or suicide attempt.
From the introduced text:
An Act To Be Entitled AN ACT TO CREATE A PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION FOR THE USE OF A DESIGN, ALGORITHM, OR FEATURE BY A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM THAT CAUSES HARM; TO IMPOSE A CIVIL PENALTY ON A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM THAT KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY CONTRIBUTES TO THE SUICIDE OR ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF A MINOR; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Subtitle TO CREATE A PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION AGAINST A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM THAT CAUSES HARM; AND TO IMPOSE A CIVIL PENALTY ON A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM THAT KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY CONTRIBUTES TO A MINOR'S SUICIDE OR SUICIDE ATTEMPT. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 4, Chapter 88, is amended to add an additional subchapter to read as follows: SUBCHAPTER 15 -- REGULATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS 4-88-1501. Definitions. (a) As used in this subchapter: (1)(A) "Immediate connection" means (ii) Application on which the content is viewed; or (iii) Service or website on which the content is *LJH246* 04-14-2025 09:19:36 LJH246 As Engrossed: H4/14/25 SB612 viewed. (B) "Immediate connection" does not include the: (i) Content creator, unless the content creator hosts his, her, or its own social media platform for sharing that content and the social media platform allows for interaction with the content creator or other viewers of the …