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Arkansas Code Title 4. Business and Commercial Law § 4-88-1402. Social media platforms--Reasonable age verification methods--Parental consent required

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A social media company shall not permit an Arkansas user who is a minor to be an account holder on the social media company's social media platform unless the minor has the express consent of a parent or legal guardian.

(b)(1) A social media company shall verify the age of an account holder.

(2) If an account holder is a minor, the social media company shall confirm that a minor has consent under subsection (a) of this section to become a new account holder, at the time an Arkansas user opens the account.

(c)(1) A social media company shall use a third-party vendor to perform reasonable age verification before allowing access to the social media company's social media platform.

(2) Reasonable age verification methods under subdivision (c)(1) of this section include providing:

(A) A digitized identification card, including a digital copy of a driver's license under § 27-16-601 et seq.;

(B) Government-issued identification; or

(C) Any commercially reasonable age verification method.

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