New Jersey · Through P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22 · Newer source version available

N.J. Stat. § 56:18-6: Definitions.

1.	As used in  this act:
“New Jersey account holder” means a New Jersey resident who has or who creates a social media account on a social media platform.
“Social media account” means a profile created by a person on a social media platform which contains personal information, including name, phone number, email, or other identifying information.  “Account” also includes a profile created by a person that only contains pictures or videos that the person owns and shares.
“Social media company” means a person, business, or other legal entity and its agents, assignees, or representatives that provides or operates a social media platform with at least five million account holders worldwide.
“Social media platform” or “platform” means a public or semipublic Internet-based service or application that has users in this State, which service or application:  (1) allows users to construct a public or semipublic social media account for the purposes of using the platform, populate a list of other users with whom the user shares a social connection through the platform, and post content viewable by other users of the platform; and (2) is designed to connect users within the platform to facilitate social interactions, except that a service or application that provides email or direct messaging services shall not be considered to meet this criterion solely based on the existence of that functionality.  “Social media platform” shall not include an Internet-based service or application for which interactions between users are solely related to the provision of direct messages, commercial and financial transactions, peer-to-peer payments, consumer engagement around products, product reviews, sellers, services, events, or places, or any combination thereof, or an online service, application, or website that consists primarily of news, sports, entertainment, or other information or content that is not user generated, but is preselected by the provider and for which any chat, comments, or interactive functionality is incidental to, directly related to, or dependent on the provision of the content.
L.2025, c.352, s.1.

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TITLE 56 TRADE NAMES, TRADE-MARKS AND UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES

1. As used in this act:

“New Jersey account holder” means a New Jersey resident who has or who creates a social media account on a social media platform.

“Social media account” means a profile created by a person on a social media platform which contains personal information, including name, phone number, email, or other identifying information. “Account” also includes a profile created by a person that only contains pictures or videos that the person owns and shares.

“Social media company” means a person, business, or other legal entity and its agents, assignees, or representatives that provides or operates a social media platform with at least five million account holders worldwide.

“Social media platform” or “platform” means a public or semipublic Internet-based service or application that has users in this State, which service or application: (1) allows users to construct a public or semipublic social media account for the purposes of using the platform, populate a list of other users with whom the user shares a social connection through the platform, and post content viewable by other users of the platform; and (2) is designed to connect users within the platform to facilitate social interactions, except that a service or application that provides email or direct messaging services shall not be considered to meet this criterion solely based on the existence of that functionality. “Social media platform” shall not include an Internet-based service or application for which interactions between users are solely related to the provision of direct messages, commercial and financial transactions, peer-to-peer payments, consumer engagement around products, product reviews, sellers, services, events, or places, or any combination thereof, or an online service, application, or website that consists primarily of news, sports, entertainment, or other information or content that is not user generated, but is preselected by the provider and for which any chat, comments, or interactive functionality is incidental to, directly related to, or dependent on the provision of the content.

L.2025, c.352, s.1.

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