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A minor must be able to delete their account and all its data, and limit the amount of time they spend there (4(a)(2)). | A minor must be able to delete their account and all its data, and limit the amount of time they spend there (4(a)(2)). | ||
If a platform knows a user is a minor, these settings must be | If a platform knows a user is a minor, these settings must be "the strongest option available" (4(a)(3)). | ||
===Parental Tools=== | ===Parental Tools=== | ||
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A minor will be told when those tools are in effect (4(b)(3)). | A minor will be told when those tools are in effect (4(b)(3)). | ||
If a platform knows a user to be a | If a platform "knows or reasonably believes" a user to be a minor, these tools must be in effect by default (4(b)(4)). | ||
===Reporting Mechanisms=== | ===Reporting Mechanisms=== | ||
A covered platform has to have "a readily accessible and easy-to-use" way to report "harms to minors" (4(c)(1)(A)), an "electronic point of contact" specific to them (4(c)(1)(B)), and a way to confirm and track reports (4(c)(1)(C)). It must respond "in a reasonable and timely manner", within 10 days of getting them if it has at least 10 million users in the US (4(c)(2)(A)), and 21 days if it doesn't (4(c)(2)(B)). | A covered platform has to have "a readily accessible and easy-to-use" way to report "harms to minors" (4(c)(1)(A)), an "electronic point of contact" specific to them (4(c)(1)(B)), and a way to confirm and track reports (4(c)(1)(C)). It must respond "in a reasonable and timely manner", within 10 days of getting them if it has at least 10 million users in the US (4(c)(2)(A)), and 21 days if it doesn't (4(c)(2)(B)). | ||
===Exceptions=== | ===Exceptions=== | ||
This Act doesn't: | This Act doesn't: | ||
* stop a covered platform from limiting their algorithms from recommending "harmful, obscene, or unlawful content to minors" (4(e)(3)(A)(i)), or blocking or filtering spam or protecting their security (4(e)(3)(A)(ii)) | * stop a covered platform from limiting their algorithms from recommending "harmful, obscene, or unlawful content to minors" (4(e)(3)(A)(i)), or blocking or filtering spam or protecting their security (4(e)(3)(A)(ii)) | ||
* force a covered platform to disclose the content of a minor's communications (4(e)(3)(B)) | * force a covered platform to disclose the content of a minor's communications (4(e)(3)(B)) | ||
* stop a covered platform from cooperating with law enforcement agencies regarding activity that it "reasonably and in good faith" believes is illegal | * stop a covered platform from cooperating with law enforcement agencies regarding activity that it "reasonably and in good faith" believes is illegal (4(e)(3)(C)(i)) | ||
==Disclosure== | ==Disclosure== | ||
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* how to access the [[#Restrictions]] (5(a)(1)(B)) | * how to access the [[#Restrictions]] (5(a)(1)(B)) | ||
* whether it poses any "heightened risk of harm" to them (5(a)(1)(C)) | * whether it poses any "heightened risk of harm" to them (5(a)(1)(C)) | ||
The terms and conditions of any covered platform that uses an algorithm for recommendations must describe | The terms and conditions of any covered platform that uses an algorithm for recommendations must describe | ||
* how the system uses personal data belonging to minors (5(b)(1)) | * how the system uses personal data belonging to minors (5(b)(1)) | ||
* how minors and their parents can | * how minors and their parents can control the system (5(b)(2)) | ||
Any | Any "advertising aimed at minors" on a covered platform must | ||
* tell them why they've been targeted for the ad including what personal data was used (5(c)(1)(B)) | * tell them why they've been targeted for the ad including what personal data was used (5(c)(1)(B)) | ||
* explicitly say that it is an ad (5(c)(1)(C)) | * explicitly say that it is an ad (5(c)(1)(C)) | ||
All these disclosures must be "clear, accessible, and easy-to-understand" | All these disclosures must be "clear, accessible, and easy-to-understand". | ||
==Transparency== | ==Transparency== | ||
Every year a covered platform that has at least 10 million "active users on a monthly basis in the United States" has to get an "independent, third-party...reasonable inspection" (6(a)(1)). | Every year a covered platform that has at least 10 million "active users on a monthly basis in the United States" has to get an "independent, third-party...reasonable inspection" (6(a)(1)). |