Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires regulations over social media algorithms in New York.

Highlights:

• Establishes the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) act (Sec. 1). 

• Defines terms related to social media addiction and algorithms used by social media platforms (Sec. 1). 

• Prohibits addictive feeds for social media (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that the attorney general shall promulgate regulations identifying commercially reasonable and technically feasible methods for covered operators to determine if a covered user is a covered minor (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that Information collected for the purpose of determining a covered user's age shall not be used for any purpose other than age determination and shall be deleted immediately upon reception (Sec. 1).

• Specifies how Information collected for the purpose of obtaining such verifiable parental consent shall not be used for any purpose other than obtaining verifiable parental consent and shall be deleted immediately upon reception (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing any action taken  in good faith to restrict access to or availability of media that the covered operator considers to be obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable, whether or not such material is constitutionally protected (Sec. 1).

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