Connecticut legislation · 2025 General Assembly
Connecticut HB6479: AN ACT CONCERNING MINORS AND SOCIAL MEDIA.
Status: Introduced, January 24, 2025
What the bill says
An act CONCERNING MINORS AND SOCIAL MEDIA. Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to (1) prohibit any social media algorithm that targets any individual younger than seventeen years of age, including, but not limited to, by tracking such individual's age or telephone number, and (2) prohibit inclusion of a continuous feed in the social media account of any individual younger than seventeen years of age. Statement of Purpose: To (1) prohibit any social media algorithm that targets any individual younger than seventeen years of age, including, but not limited to, by tracking suc.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT CONCERNING MINORS AND SOCIAL MEDIA. Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to (1) prohibit any social media algorithm that targets any individual younger than seventeen years of age, including, but not limited to, by tracking such individual's age or telephone number, and (2) prohibit inclusion of a continuous feed in the social media account of any individual younger than seventeen years of age. Statement of Purpose: To (1) prohibit any social media algorithm that targets any individual younger than seventeen years of age, including, but not limited to, by tracking such individual's age or telephone number, and (2) prohibit inclusion of a continuous feed in the social media account of any individual younger than seventeen years of age. LCO No. 3647 1 of
Sponsors
- Tracy Marra (R, 141) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Referred to Joint Committee on General Law
Common questions
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