senate Bill S9594

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires disclosure of certain social media terms of service

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Nov 16, 2022 referred to rules

S9594 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 42 §§1100 - 1104, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S895

S9594 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires social media companies to post terms of service for each social media platform owned or operated by the company in a manner reasonably designed to inform all users of the social media platform of the existence and contents of the terms of service; requires social media companies to submit to the attorney general certain terms of service reports; provides remedies for violations.

S9594 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S9594 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9594
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             November 16, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   disclosure of certain social media terms of service
 
   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 article
 42 to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 42
                       SOCIAL MEDIA TERMS OF SERVICE
 SECTION 1100. DEFINITIONS.
         1101. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE OF TERMS OF SERVICE.
         1102. TERMS OF SERVICE REPORT.
         1103. VIOLATIONS AND REMEDIES.
         1104. APPLICATION.
   § 1100. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING DEFI-
 NITIONS APPLY:
   1. "ACTIONED" MEANS A SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY, THAT DUE TO A SUSPECTED OR
 CONFIRMED VIOLATION OF THE TERMS OF SERVICE,  HAS  TAKEN  SOME  FORM  OF
 ACTION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, REMOVAL, DEMONETIZATION, DEPRIOR-
 ITIZATION,  OR  BANNING,  AGAINST  THE RELEVANT USER OR RELEVANT ITEM OF
 CONTENT.
   2. "CONTENT" MEANS STATEMENTS OR COMMENTS MADE BY USERS AND MEDIA THAT
 ARE CREATED, POSTED, SHARED, OR OTHERWISE INTERACTED WITH BY USERS ON AN
 INTERNET-BASED SERVICE OR APPLICATION. "CONTENT" DOES NOT INCLUDE  MEDIA
 PUT  ON  A  SERVICE  OR APPLICATION EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLOUD
 STORAGE, TRANSMITTING FILES, OR FILE COLLABORATION.
   3.  "PUBLIC  OR  SEMIPUBLIC  INTERNET-BASED  SERVICE  OR  APPLICATION"
 EXCLUDES A SERVICE OR APPLICATION USED TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION WITH-
 IN  A  BUSINESS OR ENTERPRISE AMONG EMPLOYEES OR AFFILIATES OF THE BUSI-
 NESS OR ENTERPRISE, PROVIDED THAT ACCESS TO THE SERVICE  OR  APPLICATION
 IS  RESTRICTED  TO EMPLOYEES OR AFFILIATES OF THE BUSINESS OR ENTERPRISE
 USING THE SERVICE OR APPLICATION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16544-02-2

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