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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Short title and Act",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Act 463 (SB 351, 2024) may be cited as the 'Protecting Georgia's Children on Social Media Act of 2024' (this confirms the Scout note on SB 351 and adds that the Act also contains the website age-verification section 39-5-5).",
      "body": "Act 463 (SB 351, 2024) may be cited as the 'Protecting Georgia's Children on Social Media Act of 2024' (this confirms the Scout note on SB 351 and adds that the Act also contains the website age-verification section 39-5-5).\n\nWhat Georgia General Assembly (Act of the General Assembly, www.legis.ga.gov) actually says:\n\n“This Act shall be known and may be cited as the \"Protecting Georgia's Children on Social Media Act of 2024.”\n\nNote: From Act 463 (SB 351, 2023-2024 session) as passed; the Act prints the Code text it enacts. Anchor record: the General Assembly's own site, state .gov domain.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/229669",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Georgia General Assembly (Act of the General Assembly, www.legis.ga.gov)",
      "evidence_quote": "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the \"Protecting Georgia's Children on Social Media Act of 2024.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "208-georgia-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator",
      "subject": "Act 463 (SB 351, 2024)",
      "topic": "Short title and Act",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "GA",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-ga"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "failed",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
          "legal_fetch_over_cap",
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      "id": "learn_r208_georgia_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_208_georgia_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_eff",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Act 463 (SB 351, 2024): Effective date",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Act 463 (SB 351, 2024) became effective on July 1, 2025.",
      "body": "Act 463 (SB 351, 2024) became effective on July 1, 2025.\n\nWhat Georgia General Assembly (Act of the General Assembly, www.legis.ga.gov) actually says:\n\n“This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2025.”\n\nNote: From Act 463 (SB 351, 2023-2024 session) as passed; the Act prints the Code text it enacts.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/229669",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Georgia General Assembly (Act of the General Assembly, www.legis.ga.gov)",
      "evidence_quote": "This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2025.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "208-georgia-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator",
      "subject": "Act 463 (SB 351, 2024)",
      "topic": "Effective date",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "GA",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
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        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
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      "verification": {
        "status": "failed",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
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      "id": "learn_r208_georgia_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_208_georgia_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_minor",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] O.C.G.A. 39-6-1(3): Minor means under 16 (social media chapter)",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] O.C.G.A. 39-6-1(3): for the social media chapter, 'minor' means a Georgia resident actually known or reasonably believed by a social media platform to be under 16.",
      "body": "O.C.G.A. 39-6-1(3): for the social media chapter, 'minor' means a Georgia resident actually known or reasonably believed by a social media platform to be under 16.\n\nWhat Georgia General Assembly (Act of the General Assembly, www.legis.ga.gov) actually says:\n\n“(3) 'Minor' means an individual who resides in this state and is actually known or reasonably believed by a social media platform to be under the age of 16 years.”\n\nNote: From Act 463 (SB 351, 2023-2024 session) as passed; the Act prints the Code text it enacts.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/229669",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Georgia General Assembly (Act of the General Assembly, www.legis.ga.gov)",
      "evidence_quote": "(3) 'Minor' means an individual who resides in this state and is actually known or reasonably believed by a social media platform to be under the age of 16 years.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "208-georgia-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator",
      "subject": "O.C.G.A. 39-6-1(3)",
      "topic": "Minor means under 16 (social media chapter)",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "GA",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
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        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
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        ],
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      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "failed",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] O.C.G.A. 39-5-5(b): Age verification before access to a site with a substantial portion of harmful material",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] O.C.G.A. 39-5-5(b): before allowing access to a public website that contains a substantial portion of material that is harmful to minors, a commercial entity must use a reasonable age verification method.",
      "body": "O.C.G.A. 39-5-5(b): before allowing access to a public website that contains a substantial portion of material that is harmful to minors, a commercial entity must use a reasonable age verification method.\n\nWhat Georgia General Assembly (Act of the General Assembly, www.legis.ga.gov) actually says:\n\n“(b) Before allowing access to a public website that contains a substantial portion of material that is harmful to minors, a commercial entity shall use a reasonable age”\n\nNote: From Act 463 (SB 351, 2023-2024 session) as passed; the Act prints the Code text it enacts. 'Substantial portion' is more than 33.33 percent of total material on the website (39-5-5(a)(9)).",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/229669",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Georgia General Assembly (Act of the General Assembly, www.legis.ga.gov)",
      "evidence_quote": "(b) Before allowing access to a public website that contains a substantial portion of material that is harmful to minors, a commercial entity shall use a reasonable age",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "208-georgia-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator",
      "subject": "O.C.G.A. 39-5-5(b)",
      "topic": "Age verification before access to a site with a substantial portion of harmful material",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "GA",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
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        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
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        "explicitness": "any"
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      "verification": {
        "status": "failed",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
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      "id": "learn_r208_georgia_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_208_georgia_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_sub",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] O.C.G.A. 39-5-5(a)(9): 'Substantial portion' is more than 33.33 percent",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] O.C.G.A. 39-5-5(a)(9): 'substantial portion' means more than 33.33 percent of total material on a public website which meets the definition of material that is harmful to minors.",
      "body": "O.C.G.A. 39-5-5(a)(9): 'substantial portion' means more than 33.33 percent of total material on a public website which meets the definition of material that is harmful to minors.\n\nWhat Georgia General Assembly (Act of the General Assembly, www.legis.ga.gov) actually says:\n\n“(9) 'Substantial portion' means more than 33.33 percent of total material on a public website which meets the definition of material that is harmful to minors as defined in this”\n\nNote: From Act 463 (SB 351, 2023-2024 session) as passed; the Act prints the Code text it enacts. A creator's own site or fan page that is mostly adult content is inside this threshold; a mixed site below one third is outside it.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/229669",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Georgia General Assembly (Act of the General Assembly, www.legis.ga.gov)",
      "evidence_quote": "(9) 'Substantial portion' means more than 33.33 percent of total material on a public website which meets the definition of material that is harmful to minors as defined in this",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "208-georgia-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator",
      "subject": "O.C.G.A. 39-5-5(a)(9)",
      "topic": "'Substantial portion' is more than 33.33 percent",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "GA",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
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        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
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      "verification": {
        "status": "failed",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
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      "id": "learn_r208_georgia_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_208_georgia_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_meth",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] O.C.G.A. 39-5-5(b)(1)-(3): Accepted age-verification methods",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] O.C.G.A. 39-5-5(b) lists as reasonable age verification: submission of a digitized identification card (including a digital driver's licence), submission of government-issued identification, or any commercially reasonable method that meets or exceeds NIST Identity Assurance Level 2.",
      "body": "O.C.G.A. 39-5-5(b) lists as reasonable age verification: submission of a digitized identification card (including a digital driver's licence), submission of government-issued identification, or any commercially reasonable method that meets or exceeds NIST Identity Assurance Level 2.\n\nWhat Georgia General Assembly (Act of the General Assembly, www.legis.ga.gov) actually says:\n\n“(1) The submission of a digitized identification card, including a digital copy of a driver's license; (2) The submission of government-issued identification; or (3) Any commercially reasonable age verification method that meets or exceeds an Identity Assurance Level 2 standard, as defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.”\n\nNote: From Act 463 (SB 351, 2023-2024 session) as passed; the Act prints the Code text it enacts.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/229669",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Georgia General Assembly (Act of the General Assembly, www.legis.ga.gov)",
      "evidence_quote": "(1) The submission of a digitized identification card, including a digital copy of a driver's license; (2) The submission of government-issued identification; or (3) Any commercially reasonable age verification method that meets or exceeds an Identity Assurance Level 2 standard, as defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "208-georgia-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator",
      "subject": "O.C.G.A. 39-5-5(b)(1)-(3)",
      "topic": "Accepted age-verification methods",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "GA",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-ga"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "failed",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
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      "id": "learn_r208_georgia_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_208_georgia_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_soc",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] O.C.G.A. 39-6-2(a): Social media platforms must make commercially reasonable efforts to verify age",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] O.C.G.A. 39-6-2(a): a social media platform provider must make commercially reasonable efforts to verify the age of account holders, or apply the minor conditions to all account holders; 39-6-2(c) bars a minor account without the express consent of a parent or guardian.",
      "body": "O.C.G.A. 39-6-2(a): a social media platform provider must make commercially reasonable efforts to verify the age of account holders, or apply the minor conditions to all account holders; 39-6-2(c) bars a minor account without the express consent of a parent or guardian.\n\nWhat Georgia General Assembly (Act of the General Assembly, www.legis.ga.gov) actually says:\n\n“(a) The provider of a social media platform shall make commercially reasonable efforts to verify the age of account holders with a level of certainty appropriate to the risks that arise from the social media platform's information management practices or shall apply the special conditions applied to minors under this chapter to all account holders.”\n\nNote: From Act 463 (SB 351, 2023-2024 session) as passed; the Act prints the Code text it enacts. Reported preliminarily enjoined by a federal court in June 2025 (NetChoice v. Carr); see could_not_verify. Applies to platforms, not to individual creators.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/229669",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Georgia General Assembly (Act of the General Assembly, www.legis.ga.gov)",
      "evidence_quote": "(a) The provider of a social media platform shall make commercially reasonable efforts to verify the age of account holders with a level of certainty appropriate to the risks that arise from the social media platform's information management practices or shall apply the special conditions applied to minors under this chapter to all account holders.",
      "volatility": "medium",
      "from_batch": "208-georgia-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator",
      "subject": "O.C.G.A. 39-6-2(a)",
      "topic": "Social media platforms must make commercially reasonable efforts to verify age",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "GA",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
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        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
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        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "failed",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
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    {
      "id": "learn_r208_georgia_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_208_georgia_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_schoo",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] O.C.G.A. 20-2-324.6(a): School-complaint definition of 'harmful to minors'",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] O.C.G.A. 20-2-324.6(a) (Act 720, SB 226, 2022) separately defines 'harmful to minors' for school complaint policies as that quality of description or representation of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement or sadomasochistic abuse which meets a three-part prurient-interest, patently-offensive and lacks-value test for minors.",
      "body": "O.C.G.A. 20-2-324.6(a) (Act 720, SB 226, 2022) separately defines 'harmful to minors' for school complaint policies as that quality of description or representation of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement or sadomasochistic abuse which meets a three-part prurient-interest, patently-offensive and lacks-value test for minors.\n\nWhat Georgia General Assembly (Act of the General Assembly, www.legis.ga.gov) actually says:\n\n“means that quality of description or representation, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse, when it: (1) Taken as a whole, predominantly appeals to the prurient, shameful, or morbid interest of minors; (2) Is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable material for minors; and (3) Is, when taken as a whole, lacking in serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific”\n\nNote: From Act 720 (SB 226, 2021-2022 session) as passed; the Act prints the Code text it enacts. Public-school complaint policy only; it does not regulate creators. Act 723 (HB 1268, 2026, a code revision) inserts the words 'the term' before 'harmful to minors' in the introductory language of subsection (a).",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/211263",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
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      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Georgia General Assembly (Act of the General Assembly, www.legis.ga.gov)",
      "evidence_quote": "means that quality of description or representation, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse, when it: (1) Taken as a whole, predominantly appeals to the prurient, shameful, or morbid interest of minors; (2) Is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable material for minors; and (3) Is, when taken as a whole, lacking in serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific",
      "volatility": "low",
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      "subject": "O.C.G.A. 20-2-324.6(a)",
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