S.C. Code Ann. § 39-5-930: Birth date requirement; parental consent; privacy settings; account visibility dashboard; prohibitions.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 39 - TRADE AND COMMERCE
- CHAPTER 5 Unfair Trade Practices
- ARTICLE 9 Stop Harm from Addictive Social Media
(A)(1) A covered social media platform shall require applicants for an account to provide their birth dates as part of the account application process and may not provide any default birth date in the course of requesting that information.
(2) A covered social media platform may not create or maintain an account for a child or change the terms and conditions of an account for a child without first obtaining verifiable parental consent. Information collected for the purpose of obtaining verifiable parental consent may not be used for any purpose other than obtaining verifiable parental consent and must be deleted immediately after an attempt to obtain verifiable parental consent, except to the extent necessary to comply with any other applicable state or federal law or regulation.
(B)(1) An account for a child must have all privacy settings set by default at the most private levels. The privacy settings of an account of a child shall not be changed without first obtaining verifiable parental consent for such change for as long as the account holder remains a child.
(2) In the course of obtaining verifiable parental consent for the establishment or continuation of an account for a child, a covered social media platform shall prominently provide and explain an option for the parent to make such consent conditional on the provisioning and delivery to the parent of an account visibility dashboard and requisite account permissions that enables the parent to:
(a) monitor the amount of time the child spends using the covered social media platform;
(b) set daily and weekly time limits on use of the covered social media platform; and
(c) set limits on times of day when the covered social media platform can be accessed by the child.
(C) A covered social media platform may not present addictive interface features in the display or feed of any child.
(D) A covered social media platform may not present profile-based paid commercial advertising in the display or feed of any child.
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