S.C. House Passes Kids Social Media Bill
The South Carolina House passed a kids social media bill requiring age verification Thursday. Members voted 89-14 to send H-3431 to the Senate.
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HB-3431 is aimed at regulating and limiting social media use for minors by requiring parental consent for minors to have an account on a social media platform (see [Ref 2501290052]). Also, it would restrict kids’ access to social media during certain hours and give parents information about their child’s usage of social media and access to privacy settings.
Starting March 1, “a social media company shall make commercially reasonable efforts to verify the age of South Carolina account holders with a level of certainty appropriate to the risks that arise from the information management practices of the social media company or apply the accommodations afforded to minors pursuant to this chapter to all account holders,” said the bill as amended Wednesday.