Assembly Bill A927

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prevents interactive computer service providers from knowingly or negligently promoting developed content that is dangerous or otherwise injurious to minors

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A927 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2319
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §394-cccc, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8558, S8316

2023-A927 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prevents interactive computer service providers from knowingly or negligently promoting developed content that is dangerous or otherwise injurious to minors; assesses a civil penalty to social media networks that knowingly or negligently promote such content.

2023-A927 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    927
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business  law,  in  relation  to  preventing
   interactive  computer  service providers from knowingly or negligently
   promoting developed content that is dangerous or  otherwise  injurious
   to minors

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 394-cccc to read as follows:
   § 394-CCCC. INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE PROVIDERS; DEVELOPING INJURI-
 OUS CONTENT; MINORS. 1. AS USED IN THIS  SECTION,  THE  FOLLOWING  TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "INTERACTIVE  COMPUTER  SERVICE  PROVIDERS"  SHALL MEAN A SERVICE
 PROVIDER WHO OPERATES IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WHICH, FOR PROFIT-MAKING
 PURPOSES, OPERATES AN INTERNET PLATFORM THAT IS DESIGNED TO  DISSEMINATE
 PUBLIC CONTENT GENERATED BY THIRD PARTIES;
   (B) "CONTENT" SHALL MEAN THE TEXTUAL, VISUAL OR AURAL INFORMATION THAT
 IS GENERATED BY A THIRD PARTY OR AN INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE PROVID-
 ER;
   (C)  "PROMOTE"  SHALL  MEAN  TO  PRESENT,  OR  OTHERWISE CONVEY, THIRD
 PARTY-GENERATED  OR  INTERACTIVE  COMPUTER  SERVICE   PROVIDER-GENERATED
 CONTENT TO A TARGETED MINOR;
   (D)  "MINOR"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN WHO IS
 LOCATED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK;
   (E) "PLATFORM" MEANS AN APPLICATION OR WEBSITE THAT SERVES AS  A  BASE
 FROM WHICH THE INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE IS PROVIDED;
   (F)  "TARGETED  MINOR" MEANS A MINOR WHO USES THE INTERACTIVE COMPUTER
 SERVICE, AND WHO THE INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE PROVIDER  TARGETS  FOR
 THE PURPOSE OF SENDING A DEVELOPED MESSAGE;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03783-01-3
 A. 927                              2
              

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