{
  "batch": "334-connecticut-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator",
  "articles": [
    {
      "id": "learn_r334_connecticut_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_334_connecticut_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creat",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] CGS 42-528: Who the minors section binds",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The minors section applies to a 'social media platform', defined as a public or semi-public Internet-based service used by a consumer in this state; it binds platforms, not an individual creator selling their own content.",
      "body": "The minors section applies to a 'social media platform', defined as a public or semi-public Internet-based service used by a consumer in this state; it binds platforms, not an individual creator selling their own content.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“means a public or semi-public Internet-based service or application that (i) is used by a consumer in this state”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_743jj.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "means a public or semi-public Internet-based service or application that (i) is used by a consumer in this state",
      "volatility": "medium",
      "from_batch": "334-connecticut-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator",
      "subject": "CGS 42-528",
      "topic": "Who the minors section binds",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "CT",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-ct"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
          "thin_body",
          "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget"
        ],
        "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z"
      }
    }
  ]
}