Arkansas Social Media Safety Act

Age VerificationPassed

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Arkansas requires social media companies to perform reasonable age verification before allowing Arkansas users to open or maintain accounts. If a user is a minor, the platform must obtain parental consent and limit retention of age-verification data. The law is aimed at consumer-facing social media services used by children and teenagers.

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Sequence: Enacted -> Scheduled Effective

1
Apr 11, 2023
Enacted
Arkansas enacted Act 689 to require age verification and parental consent for minors on covered social media platforms.
2
Sep 1, 2023
Scheduled Effective
The Social Media Safety Act was scheduled to take effect on September 1, 2023.

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