Bill > SB1247

This bill establishes new privacy protections for "child influencers," defined as individuals who are at least 18 years old but were featured as minors in paid content on social media platforms. It requires social media platforms to provide a clear way for these former child influencers to ask the person who posted the content, referred to as a "vlogger" (a parent, legal guardian, or family member who received compensation for sharing content featuring the child influencer and for whom this content constituted at least 30% of their shared material), to edit or delete that paid content. If the platform doesn't allow direct requests to the vlogger, the platform must notify the vlogger within three business days. The vlogger then has 10 business days to remove or edit the content so the child influencer is no longer featured. The bill also allows a child influencer to sue a vlogger who violates these provisions, seeking damages, injunctions, and legal fees, with courts considering factors like emotional harm and safety risks when deciding on injunctive relief.