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N.Y. General Business Law § 1101: Required disclosure of terms of service

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  1. General Business Law
  2. Article 42. Social Media Terms of Service

§ 1101. Required disclosure of terms of service. 1. A social media

company shall 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.

2. The terms of service posted pursuant to subdivision one of this

section shall include all of the following:

(a) contact information for the purpose of allowing users to ask the

social media company questions about the terms of service;

(b) a description of the process that users must follow to flag

content, groups, or other users that they believe violate the terms of

service, and the social media company's commitments on response and

resolution time; and

(c) a list of potential actions the social media company may take

against an item of content or a user, including, but not limited to,

removal, demonetization, deprioritization, or banning.

3. The terms of service posted pursuant to subdivision one of this

section shall be available in the twelve most common non-English

languages spoken by limited-English proficient individuals in the state,

as outlined in section two hundred two-a of the executive law, in which

the social media platform offers product features, including, but not

limited to, menus and prompts.

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