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New York · Through 2026-09-11

N.Y. General Business Law § 1103: Violations and remedies

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

§ 1103. Violations and remedies. 1. (a) A social media company that

violates the provisions of this article shall be liable for a civil

penalty not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars per violation per day,

and may be enjoined in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(b) A social media company shall be considered in violation of the

provisions of this article for each day the social media company does

any of the following:

(i) fails to post terms of service in accordance with section eleven

hundred two of this article;

(ii) fails to timely submit to the attorney general a report required

pursuant to section eleven hundred two of this article; or

(iii) materially omits or misrepresents required information in a

report submitted pursuant to section eleven hundred two of this article.

(c) In assessing the amount of a civil penalty pursuant to paragraph

(a) of this subdivision, the court shall consider whether the social

media company has made a reasonable, good faith attempt to comply with

the provisions of this article.

2. Actions for relief pursuant to this article shall be prosecuted

exclusively in a court of competent jurisdiction by the attorney general

in the name of the people of the state of New York.

3. Any social media company determined to have violated the provisions

set forth in this article shall be granted a cure period of thirty

calendar days from the date of notification of such violation. During

this cure period, the company must take all necessary actions to rectify

the identified violation or violations and achieve full compliance with

the requirements delineated in this article. No civil penalty may be

imposed against the company provided the violation is verifiably cured

within the thirty-day timeframe to the satisfaction of the enforcing

authority.

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