Bill > S08850

This bill, titled the NY Digital Choice Act, requires social media companies to provide users, referred to as "covered users," with a copy of their "social graph" – which includes their connections, created content, and interactions with other users – upon request. It also mandates that social media platforms enable "interoperability," meaning they must allow users to share their social graph data with other platforms or third parties using an "open protocol," which is a publicly available set of technical rules that facilitates data exchange without licensing fees. The bill defines key terms like "social graph," "open protocol," and "covered user," and grants the Attorney General the authority to create rules and enforce the act, including the power to seek injunctions and impose civil penalties for violations.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8850