Indiana § 24-16-3-2 - Configure account; requirements; separate password

§ 24-16-3-2. Configure account; requirements; separate password

Effective 1-1-2027.

Sec. 2. (a) A social media provider shall configure the account as described in subsection (c) of a registered user that the social media provider knows or has reason to know is an:

(1) adolescent; and

(2) Indiana resident.

(b) A social media provider may not allow an adolescent to change or bypass an account configuration described in subsection (c).

(c) A social media provider shall configure the account of a registered user described in subsection (a) such that the account does not use or provide, and such that the account holder may not activate or access, the following features or functionality of the social media platform:

(1) Functionality to receive direct communications other than direct communications from an account that the user has designated as a linked account.

(2) Functionality to appear in the results of a search conducted by a person through the social media provider's search utility unless the person holds an account that the user has designated as a linked account.

(3) Dissemination of:

(A) content;

(B) recommendations for content; or

(C) advertising;

based on patterns of the adolescent's use of the social media provider.

(4) Addictive features described under IC 24-16-2-5(a)(4).

(d) The social media provider shall provide the adolescent's parent or legal guardian who provides verifiable parental consent to the creation of the account with the option to receive a separate password for the account that allows the parent or legal guardian to:

(1) monitor the amount of time the adolescent spends using the social media platform;

(2) set daily and weekly time limits on the adolescent's use of the social media platform;

(3) set limits on the times of day during which the adolescent can access the social media platform; and

(4) access the adolescent's account at any time.

As added by P.L.100-2026, SEC.14.

IC 24-16-4Chapter 4. Continuing Age Estimation

24-16-4-1Requirements to make reasonable efforts to determine age of account holder; determination account holder considered or not considered adolescent 24-16-4-2Notice account subject to termination due to noncompliance; contents; dispute determination; terminate account; verifiable parental consentEffective 1-1-2027.