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This bill, titled "Social media; online content; minors," aims to protect minors from certain online content and practices by amending Arizona law. It introduces new provisions that define terms like "account holder," "daily active users," "infinite scrolling," "resident," and "social media platform," with a social media platform being defined as an online service with specific user engagement and algorithmic features, excluding basic email or direct messaging services. The bill mandates that social media platforms cannot enter into contracts with minors under fourteen years old without parental or guardian consent. It also requires platforms to terminate accounts of users under fourteen, or fourteen and fifteen without parental consent, and to permanently delete associated personal information unless legally required to retain it, while providing a ninety-day dispute period for terminations. Furthermore, the bill requires commercial entities that publish or distribute material "harmful to minors" (defined by existing law) on websites or applications containing a substantial portion of such material to implement age verification methods, either "anonymous age verification" (conducted by an independent, US-based third party) or "standard age verification" (approved by the entity), and to prevent access by individuals under eighteen, while protecting the privacy of personal identifying information used for verification.

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https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/85496