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Committee approves bill to make deleting social media accounts easier and to align deletion with CCPA rights
Summary
AB 656 would require platforms to make account deletion straightforward and to delete associated personal information consistent with the California Consumer Privacy Act. The committee approved the measure as amended after sponsors accepted changes to narrow some requirements.
Assemblymember Schiavo’s AB 656, intended to simplify the process for Californians to delete social media accounts and remove personal information, advanced from the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee after the author accepted committee amendments.
The bill targets “dark patterns” and designs that make account deletion difficult, requiring platforms to surface a clear delete option in settings rather than burying it across multiple menus. The chair’s amendments narrowed the presentation requirement to a visible…
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