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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Padilla</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to add Chapter 22.1.3 (commencing with Section 22583) to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to privacy.</ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>Social media platforms: child influencers.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>Existing law generally provides for the protection of minors on the internet, including by imposing certain requirements on an operator of an internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application if it is directed to minors or the operator has actual knowledge that a minor is using it. Among those provisions, existing law requires the operator to permit a minor who is a registered user to remove content or information that the user posted on the operator’s internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application, as specified.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would require a social media platform to provide a mechanism by which a child influencer can, after reaching 18 years of age, request their parent, legal guardian, or family member to edit or delete content that features the child influencer as a minor and for which the
parent, legal guardian, or family member received compensation for sharing on the platform, as specified. The bill would require the parent, legal guardian, or family member to delete or edit the content so that the child influencer is no longer featured within 10 business days of receiving the notification of the request. The bill would authorize a child influencer to bring a specified civil action against a parent, legal guardian, or family member who violates the bill.</html:p>
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Chapter 22.1.3 (commencing with Section 22583) is added to Division 8 of the
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, to read:
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<html:p>As used in this chapter:</html:p>
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(a)
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“Child influencer” means a person who is at least 18 years of age who is featured as a minor in paid content on a social media platform.
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(b)
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“Paid content” means image or video content shared on a social media platform by a vlogger for which the vlogger receives compensation.
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(c)
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“Social media platform” has the meaning defined in Section 22675.
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(d)
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“Vlogger” means a person who shared images or video content featuring a child influencer as a minor, who received compensation for sharing that content on a social media platform, and who is a parent,
legal guardian, or family member of the child influencer.
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(a)
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A social media platform shall provide a clear and conspicuous mechanism by which a child influencer can request a vlogger to delete or edit paid content, pursuant to subdivision (c), that meets both of the following criteria:
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(1)
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The paid content is adequately identified by the child influencer so that the social media platform is able to notify the vlogger who is able to remove the paid content from the social media platform.
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(2)
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The paid content features the child influencer as a minor.
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(b)
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When a social media platform receives a request through the mechanism provided pursuant to subdivision (a), the social
media platform shall notify the vlogger of the request within three business days of its receipt.
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(c)
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Within ten business days of receiving a notice pursuant to subdivision (b), a vlogger shall delete the paid content or edit the paid content in such a way that the child influencer is no longer featured in the paid content.
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(a)
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A child influencer may bring a civil action against a vlogger who violates this chapter for all of the following relief:
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(1)
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Actual damages.
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(2)
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Statutory damages in the amount of three thousand dollars ($3,000) for each day that a vlogger is in violation of this chapter.
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(3)
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Injunctive relief.
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(4)
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Reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.
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(b)
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In a civil action brought pursuant to this section, a court shall consider all of the following:
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(1)
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Emotional harm or substantial embarrassment the paid content causes the child influencer.
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(2)
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Increased risk to the child influencer of harassment or compromised safety.
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(3)
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Loss of control of personal information.
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(4)
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Harm to future opportunities.
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