{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-39-5-940","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 39-5-940","heading":"Termination of child account.","body":"(A) A covered social media platform has a continuing obligation to terminate an account should it conclude or obtain information from which it reasonably should conclude pursuant to its obligations pursuant to Section 39-5-920 that the account holder is a child unless verifiable parental consent has been obtained for such account.\n(B) A covered social media platform shall terminate an account of a child within no more than seven days after receipt of a request for termination from the account holder.\n(C) A covered social media platform shall terminate the account of a child within no more than fourteen days after receipt of a request for termination from a parent of the child. Upon receipt of such a request, the covered social media platform shall verify that the requesting party is a parent of the account holder by whatever means of verification the covered social media platform uses for purposes of ascertaining the validity of verifiable parental consent.\n(D) A covered social media platform shall provide clear, simple, and easy-to-locate means for the parent of any child to request termination of any account of a child.","path":["Title 39 - TRADE AND COMMERCE","CHAPTER 5 Unfair Trade Practices","ARTICLE 9 Stop Harm from Addictive Social Media"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t39c005.php","current_through":"2026 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-25T03:49:25Z","sha256":"f4a195b30701ad694e3da4d624c6805b65f26223239fba235fb49d140d8d1f08","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-39-5-930","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-39-5-950"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}