Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts S30: An Act protecting children from addictive social media feeds
Status: In committee, July 9, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 27, 2025:
The General Laws are hereby amended by inserting after chapter 93L the following chapter:- CHAPTER 93M. PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM ADDICTIVE SOCAIL MEDIA FEEDS. Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: “Addictive feed”, a website, online service, online application, or mobile application, or a portion thereof, in which multiple pieces of media generated or shared by users of a website, online service, online application, or mobile application, either concurrently or sequentially, are recommended, selected, or prioritized for display to a user based, in whole or in part, on information associated with the user or the user’s device, unless any of the following conditions are met, alone or in combination with one another: (1) the recommendation, prioritization, or selection is based on information that is not persistently associated with the user or user’s device, and does not concern the user’s previous interactions with media generated or shared by other users; (2) the recommendation, prioritization, or selection is based on user-selected privacy or accessibility settings, or technical information concerning the user’s device; (3) the user expressly and unambiguously requested the specific media, media by the author, creator, or poster of media the user has subscribed to, or media shared by users to a page or group the user has …
Sponsors
- Cynthia Creem (D) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : New draft substituted, see S3164
- : Read second
- : Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, July 9, 2026
- : Order relative to subject matter adopted
- : Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting a new draft, see S3164
- : Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
- : Hearing scheduled for 07/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
- : House concurred
- : Referred to the committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity
Votes
- Committee Vote - Senate Committee on Ways and Means (July 2, 2026): 14 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Committee Vote - Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity (July 21, 2025): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is S30?
- S30 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act protecting children from addictive social media feeds.
- What is the status of S30?
- In committee as of July 9, 2026. Latest action: New draft substituted, see S3164 (July 9, 2026).
- Who sponsored S30?
- Cynthia Creem (D).
- Where is the official record for S30?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S30
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