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California Code, Business and Professions Code - BPC § 22671

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A social media platform shall do all of the following:

(a) Provide a mechanism that is reasonably accessible to a reporting user who is a California resident who has an account with the social media platform to report sexually explicit digital identity theft to the social media platform.

(b) Collect information reasonably sufficient to enable the social media platform to locate the instance of sexually explicit digital identity theft and to contact a reporting user with both of the following:

(1) Confirmation that the social media platform received the reporting user's report within 48 hours of receipt of the report.

(2) Within seven days of the date on which the confirmation required by paragraph (1) is issued, a written update to the reporting user as to the status of the social media platform's handling of the reported sexually explicit digital identity theft.

(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), determine within 30 days of the date on which the confirmation required by paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) is issued whether there is a reasonable basis to believe that the reported sexually explicit digital identity theft is sexually explicit digital identity theft.

(2)(A) If the social media platform cannot comply with paragraph (1) within 30 days due to circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the social media platform, the social media platform shall comply with paragraph (1) no later than 60 days after the date on which the covered material was first reported.

(B) If subparagraph (A) applies, the social media platform shall promptly provide written notice of the delay, no later than 48 hours from the time the social media platform knew the delay was likely to occur, to the reporting user using the information collected from the reporting user under subdivision (b).

(d)(1) Temporarily block a reported instance of sexually explicit digital identity theft from being publicly viewable on the social media platform pending a determination pursuant to subdivision (c).

(2) Immediately remove a reported instance of sexually explicit digital identity theft from being publicly viewable on the social media platform if the social media platform determines there is a reasonable basis to believe the reported sexually explicit digital identity theft is sexually explicit digital identity theft.

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