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S.C. Code Ann. § 39-5-950: Notification of intent to terminate account; dispute.

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  1. Title 39 - TRADE AND COMMERCE
  2. CHAPTER 5 Unfair Trade Practices
  3. ARTICLE 9 Stop Harm from Addictive Social Media

(A) If a covered social media platform makes a determination that it must terminate an account because the account holder has been classified as a child and verifiable parental consent has not been obtained, then the covered social media platform shall notify the account holder of its intent to terminate the account within seven days of making that determination, and shall provide the reason therefor.

(B) The covered social media platform shall provide thirty days from the date of the notice for the account holder to dispute the age classification and complete an age verification process or to provide verifiable parental consent.

(C) If an account holder disputes his classification as a child, then a covered social media platform may rely on any commercially reasonable age verification process to resolve the dispute.

(D) A covered social media platform shall make a reasonable determination of such dispute within thirty days of the completion of the age verification process.

(E) In the event a covered social media platform concludes, after considering a dispute and the result of any age verification, that the covered social media platform is obligated to terminate an account, it shall terminate that account within seven days of making that determination.

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