Tennessee Code Title 50. Employer and Employee § 50-5-301

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) “Account holder” means a person who has an account or profile to use an online platform;

(2) “Content creation” means the act of sharing video content filmed in this state on an online platform in exchange for compensation;

(3) “Content creator”:

(A) Means an individual who is eighteen (18) years of age or older who is engaged in content creation; and

(B) Includes:

(i) A parent; or

(ii) An entity assuming the name or identity of an individual or individuals or family, for the purposes of the content creator;

(4) “Family” means:

(A) The members of a household living, on a full-time or a part-time basis, in one (1) house, condominium, apartment, or other dwelling;

(B) Individuals related by blood or ancestry, marriage, or adoption; or

(5) “Internet” means the combination of computer facilities and electromagnetic transmission media, and related equipment and software, comprising the interconnected worldwide network of computer networks that employs the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol or any successor protocol to transmit information;

(6) “Minor” means an individual who is under eighteen (18) years of age, is not emancipated, and is a resident of this state;

(7) “Online platform”:

(A) Means an internet website or application that allows a person to create an account or profile and that enables an account holder to communicate or share posts, or both, with other account holders and users; and

(B) Does not include:

(i) A broadband internet access service, as defined in 47 CFR 8.1(b);

(ii) An email service;

(iii) An internet service, internet application, or website:

(a) That consists primarily of content that is not generated by account holders or users, but rather is preselected by the service, application, or website provider; and

(b) For which interactive functionality is incidental to, directly related to, or dependent upon, the preselected content described in subdivision (7)(B)(iii)(a);

(iv) Online shopping, if the interaction with other account holders or users is predominantly limited to the ability to send, receive, request, or settle funds, comment on transactions, display goods for sale, engage as consumers about products and reviews, or share a wish list;

(v) An internet service, internet application, or website that primarily provides career development opportunities;

(vi) A cloud storage or cloud computing service;

(vii) An online service, application, or website in which interaction between users is predominately used for technical support, or limited to reviewing products offered for sale by electronic commerce or commenting on such reviews shared by other users; or

(viii) Peer-to-peer payment platforms, if the interaction with other users or account holders is generally limited to the ability to send, receive, or request funds and to like or comment on such transactions, or other functions that are focused on sending, receiving, requesting, or settling payments between users or account holders;

(8) “Parent” means a parent, guardian, or individual who has custody of, or caregiving authority over, a minor;

(9) “Person” means an individual or entity;

(10) “Post” means content that an account holder makes available on an online platform for other account holders and users to consume, and includes information, ideas, news, stories, opinions, images, and videos; and

(11) “User” means a person who consumes posts on an online platform, but is not an account holder.

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