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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 838 By: Thompson
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to social media; defining terms;
prohibiting certain accounts; requiring certain age
verification; requiring certain account termination;
providing time frame for certain implementation;
providing certain exceptions; authorizing Attorney
General to bring civil action and seek certain
relief; providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 203 of Title 75A, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. As used in this section:
1. “Social media platform” means a website or internet medium
that:
a. permits a person to become a registered user,
establish an account, or create a profile for the
purpose of allowing users to create, share, and view
user-generated content through such an account or
profile,
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b. enables one or more users to generate content that can
be viewed by other users of the medium, and
c. primarily serves as a medium for users to interact
with content generated by other users of the medium;
and
2. “User” means a person who accesses or uses a social media
platform.
B. 1. A social media platform shall not permit an individual
under sixteen (16) years of age to create or maintain an account or
profile on such platform.
2. A social media platform shall perform reasonable age
verification methods to verify the age of each user pursuant to the
provisions of this section.
3. Any account and data of a user determined to be under
sixteen (16) years of age that is created before the effective date
of this act shall be deleted and removed from the platform.
Social media platforms shall have six (6) months after the effective
date of this act to carry out the provisions of this subsection.
C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a text
messaging platform or a platform for which the primary purpose is
related to education or health care.
D. The Attorney General is authorized to bring a civil action
against a social media platform for a violation of the provisions of
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this section and to seek injunctive relief or other appropriate
relief as determined by the court.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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