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MD SB1162

MD SB1162
Social Media Platforms - Vloggers and Video Content Featuring Minors


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Introduced
02/11/2024
In Committee
02/11/2024
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
04/08/2024

Introduced Session

2024 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Requiring a vlogger who creates video content that is posted on a social media platform and features a certain minor child to compensate the child under certain circumstances; establishing requirements on social media platforms relating to deleting video content featuring minor children; applying certain requirements related to the labor of minors to children compensated by vloggers; etc.

AI Summary

This bill requires vloggers who create video content featuring a minor child and earn compensation from a social media platform to pay a percentage of their gross earnings into a separate trust for the benefit of the featured child upon reaching 18 years of age. It also allows an adult who was featured as a minor child in a vlogger's video content after October 1, 2024, to request the permanent deletion of that content from the social media platform. Additionally, the bill applies certain labor requirements related to the employment of minors to the compensation of children by vloggers.

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

First Reading Senate Rules (on 02/11/2024)

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