Bill Text: CA SB1228 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: User identity authentication.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-16 - May 16 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. [SB1228 Detail]

Download: California-2023-SB1228-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 1228

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Introduced by Senator Padilla

February 15, 2024

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An act to add Chapter 22.9 (commencing with Section 22683) to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to social media platforms.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1228, as introduced, Padilla. User authentication.

Existing law requires a social media company, as defined, to post terms of service for each social media platform, as defined, 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. Existing law requires, on a semiannual basis, a social media company to submit to the Attorney General a terms of service report that includes, among other things, the current version of the terms of service of the social media platform.

This bill would require, on a semiannual basis, a social media platform that authenticates its users to submit to the Attorney General a statement regarding how it authenticates its users and whether it reports to the public if a user has been authenticated. The bill would also require, on a semiannual basis, a social media platform that does not authenticate its users to submit to the Attorney General a statement to that effect.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Chapter 22.9 (commencing with Section 22683) is added to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, to read:

CHAPTER  22.9. Social Media Platform User Authentication

22683.

 As used in this chapter, social media platform has the same meaning as defined in Section 22945.

22683.1.

 (a) On a semiannual basis, a social media platform that authenticates its users shall submit to the Attorney General a statement regarding both of the following:

(1) How it authenticates its users.

(2) Whether it reports to the public if a user has been authenticated.

(b) On a semiannual basis, a social media platform that does not authenticate its users shall submit to the Attorney General a statement to that effect.

22683.2.

 The Attorney General may adopt regulations necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.