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Committee advances bill creating private right of action against social media firms over harms to minors
Summary
Senators voted to advance SB612, sponsored by Senator Tyler Deese, establishing a private right of action for parents to sue social media platforms for specified harms to minors, with differing opinions voiced about proof standards and scope.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 6 12, a measure that would create a private right of action enabling parents to hold social media companies civilly liable when their children suffer enumerated harms allegedly caused by platform conduct.
Senator Tyler Deese (District 35), the bill’s sponsor, told the committee the measure ‘‘builds a framework, a private right of action, related to social media’’ where parents could sue if ‘‘provable harm’’ occurs. Deese said the measure is modeled on other states’ laws and…
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