| Summary |
The bill establishes certain requirements for social media
companies and social media platforms in order to protect Colorado minor
users. Specifically, the bill:
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Relocates, with amendments, certain language requiring a
social media platform to include a function that provides
minor users information about their engagement in social
media, which language was enacted in 2024 by House Bill
24-1136;
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Requires a social media company to implement an age
assurance system to determine whether a current or
prospective Colorado user on the social media company's
social media platform is a minor;
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Requires a social media company to provide tools and
settings for a minor user to control their own experience
using a social media platform;
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Requires a social media company to provide tools and
settings for parents to support a minor user of a social
media platform;
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Specifies minimum capabilities for the tools and settings;
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Requires a social media company to take additional
specific measures to maximize the privacy and security of
minor users;
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Prohibits a social media platform from leading or
encouraging a minor or parent to provide personal
information, provide consent, disable safeguards or
parental tools, or forgo privacy or security protections
using a mechanism or interface that is designed to
substantially subvert or impair, or that is manipulated with
the effect of substantially subverting or impairing, user
autonomy, decision-making, or choice;
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Deems the use of a design, algorithm, or feature to
increase, sustain, or extend a minor user's engagement
with, or use of, a social media platform to be processing
that presents a heightened risk of harm to minors, as
defined in existing law, and therefore subject to certain
data analysis requirements; and
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Authorizes the attorney general to adopt rules to implement
the bill.
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