SB611

Senate Bill 611 amends the Arkansas Social Media Safety Act by refining definitions and expanding requirements for social media platforms to protect minors. It introduces mandates for platforms to proactively prevent addictive and compulsive behaviors in minor users through technical and operational changes. The bill requires platforms to implement default safety and privacy settings for minors and establishes a mandatory 'quiet time' for notifications between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Additionally, it requires companies to provide parents with an online dashboard to monitor and restrict their child's usage. The bill increases civil penalties for violations to $10,000 per violation and grants parents the right to initiate civil actions against platforms. It also mandates quarterly audits to ensure that platform designs do not foster addictive behaviors, and stipulates that attorney's fees for prevailing parties must be at least equal to the platform's own legal expenditures in the case.