{ "batch": "6644-georgia-platform-restrictions-by-state", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r6644_georgia_platform_restrictions_by_state_6644_georgia_platform_restrictions_by_state_anchor", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Act 463 (SB 351, 2024): Short title", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Act 463 (SB 351, 2024) may be cited as the 'Protecting Georgia's Children on Social Media Act of 2024'.", "body": "Act 463 (SB 351, 2024) may be cited as the 'Protecting Georgia's Children on Social Media Act of 2024'.\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": "6644-georgia-platform-restrictions-by-state", "subject": "Act 463 (SB 351, 2024)", "topic": "Short title", "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", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ga" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r6644_georgia_platform_restrictions_by_state_6644_georgia_platform_restrictions_by_state_who", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] O.C.G.A. 39-5-5(a)(1): Who is a 'commercial entity'", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] O.C.G.A. 39-5-5(a)(1): 'commercial entity' means a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, sole proprietorship, or other legally recognized entity, so a sole-proprietor creator running a site is covered.", "body": "O.C.G.A. 39-5-5(a)(1): 'commercial entity' means a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, sole proprietorship, or other legally recognized entity, so a sole-proprietor creator running a site is covered.\n\nWhat Georgia General Assembly (Act of the General Assembly, www.legis.ga.gov) actually says:\n\n“(1) 'Commercial entity' means a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, sole proprietorship, or other legally recognized entity.”\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) 'Commercial entity' means a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, sole proprietorship, or other legally recognized entity.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "6644-georgia-platform-restrictions-by-state", "subject": "O.C.G.A. 39-5-5(a)(1)", "topic": "Who is a 'commercial entity'", "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", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ga" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r6644_georgia_platform_restrictions_by_state_6644_georgia_platform_restrictions_by_state_av", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] O.C.G.A. 39-5-5(b): Age verification duty for sites 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 harmful to minors, a commercial entity shall 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 harmful to minors, a commercial entity shall 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.", "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": "6644-georgia-platform-restrictions-by-state", "subject": "O.C.G.A. 39-5-5(b)", "topic": "Age verification duty for sites with a substantial portion of harmful material", "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", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ga" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r6644_georgia_platform_restrictions_by_state_6644_georgia_platform_restrictions_by_state_ret", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] O.C.G.A. 39-5-5(d)(1): No retention of identifying information", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] O.C.G.A. 39-5-5(d)(1): when a commercial entity or third party performs a reasonable age verification, the entity shall not retain any identifying information after access has been granted.", "body": "O.C.G.A. 39-5-5(d)(1): when a commercial entity or third party performs a reasonable age verification, the entity shall not retain any identifying information after access has been granted.\n\nWhat Georgia General Assembly (Act of the General Assembly, www.legis.ga.gov) actually says:\n\n“(d)(1) When a commercial entity or third party performs a reasonable age verification, the commercial entity shall not retain any identifying information after access to the”\n\nNote: From Act 463 (SB 351, 2023-2024 session) as passed; the Act prints the Code text it enacts. Knowing retention creates liability to the individual for damages (39-5-5(d)(2)).", "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": "(d)(1) When a commercial entity or third party performs a reasonable age verification, the commercial entity shall not retain any identifying information after access to the", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "6644-georgia-platform-restrictions-by-state", "subject": "O.C.G.A. 39-5-5(d)(1)", "topic": "No retention of identifying information", "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", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ga" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r6644_georgia_platform_restrictions_by_state_6644_georgia_platform_restrictions_by_state_isp", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] O.C.G.A. 39-5-5(f): Internet service providers are not liable merely for access", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] O.C.G.A. 39-5-5(f): an internet service provider, affiliate, subsidiary or search engine is not considered to have violated the section solely by providing access or connection to or from a public website.", "body": "O.C.G.A. 39-5-5(f): an internet service provider, affiliate, subsidiary or search engine is not considered to have violated the section solely by providing access or connection to or from a public website.\n\nWhat Georgia General Assembly (Act of the General Assembly, www.legis.ga.gov) actually says:\n\n“(f) An internet service provider and any affiliate, subsidiary, or search engine shall not be considered to have violated this Code section solely by providing access or connection to”\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": "(f) An internet service provider and any affiliate, subsidiary, or search engine shall not be considered to have violated this Code section solely by providing access or connection to", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "6644-georgia-platform-restrictions-by-state", "subject": "O.C.G.A. 39-5-5(f)", "topic": "Internet service providers are not liable merely for access", "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", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ga" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r6644_georgia_platform_restrictions_by_state_6644_georgia_platform_restrictions_by_state_soc", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] O.C.G.A. 39-6-2(a): Social media platforms: age verification or minor conditions for all", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] O.C.G.A. 39-6-2(a): a social media platform provider must make commercially reasonable efforts to verify account holders' ages or apply the minor conditions to all account holders; 39-6-2(c) requires parental consent for a minor account.", "body": "O.C.G.A. 39-6-2(a): a social media platform provider must make commercially reasonable efforts to verify account holders' ages or apply the minor conditions to all account holders; 39-6-2(c) requires parental consent for a minor account.\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 as preliminarily enjoined (NetChoice v. Carr, June 2025); see could_not_verify.", "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": "6644-georgia-platform-restrictions-by-state", "subject": "O.C.G.A. 39-6-2(a)", "topic": "Social media platforms: age verification or minor conditions for all", "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", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ga" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r6644_georgia_platform_restrictions_by_state_6644_georgia_platform_restrictions_by_state_ag", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] O.C.G.A. 39-6-4: Attorney General enforcement: up to $2,500 per violation after 90-day cure notice", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] O.C.G.A. 39-6-4: the Attorney General has exclusive authority to enforce the social media chapter, may seek damages up to $2,500 per violation, and must give 90 days' written notice and allow a cure; there is no private right of action under that chapter.", "body": "O.C.G.A. 39-6-4: the Attorney General has exclusive authority to enforce the social media chapter, may seek damages up to $2,500 per violation, and must give 90 days' written notice and allow a cure; there is no private right of action under that chapter.\n\nWhat Georgia General Assembly (Act of the General Assembly, www.legis.ga.gov) actually says:\n\n“(c) Subject to the ability to cure an alleged violation under subsection (d) of this Code section, the Attorney General may initiate an action and seek damages for up to $2,500.00”\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": "(c) Subject to the ability to cure an alleged violation under subsection (d) of this Code section, the Attorney General may initiate an action and seek damages for up to $2,500.00", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "6644-georgia-platform-restrictions-by-state", "subject": "O.C.G.A. 39-6-4", "topic": "Attorney General enforcement: up to $2,500 per violation after 90-day cure notice", "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", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ga" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r6644_georgia_platform_restrictions_by_state_6644_georgia_platform_restrictions_by_state_s230", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] O.C.G.A. 16-11-90: Interactive computer services are not liable for users' nude-image posts", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] 16-11-90 does not impose liability on an interactive computer service, information service or telecommunications service for content provided by another person.", "body": "16-11-90 does not impose liability on an interactive computer service, information service or telecommunications service for content provided by another person.\n\nWhat Georgia General Assembly (Act of the General Assembly, www.legis.ga.gov) actually says:\n\n“Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to impose liability on an interactive computer service, as such term is defined in 47 U.S.C. 230(f)(2), or an information service or telecommunications service, as such terms are defined in 47 U.S.C. 153, for content provided by another person.”\n\nNote: From Act 207 (SB 78, 2021-2022 session) as passed; the Act prints the Code text it enacts.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/202255", "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": "Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to impose liability on an interactive computer service, as such term is defined in 47 U.S.C. 230(f)(2), or an information service or telecommunications service, as such terms are defined in 47 U.S.C. 153, for content provided by another person.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "6644-georgia-platform-restrictions-by-state", "subject": "O.C.G.A. 16-11-90", "topic": "Interactive computer services are not liable for users' nude-image posts", "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", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ga" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } } ] }