Pro-Human AI Legislation

California's Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act (SB 976, 2024) bans social media platforms from serving AI-driven addictive feed features (infinite scroll, push notifications, autoplay) to users under 18 without parental consent. Platforms must develop age-appropriate versions of their AI recommendatio…

California SB 1381 (2024) makes it a crime to create or distribute AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM), closing a legal gap that had allowed synthetic AI-generated images to escape prosecution under laws written for photographic CSAM. The law applies even when no real child was used and imposes penalties of…

The TAKE IT DOWN Act (Taking Action to Knock out Exploitative Non-Consensual AI-Generated Images of Minors) was signed into law in 2025, requiring platforms to remove AI-generated sexual images of minors within 48 hours of a report. The law creates a federal felony for publishing non-consensual intimate imagery includi…

Maryland's Kids Code (SB 571 / HB 603, 2024) requires social media platforms and AI-driven services to configure all settings to the most privacy-protective defaults for users under 18, and prohibits the use of AI profiling algorithms to serve personalized content to minors without verifiable parental consent. Platform…

Florida HB 3 (2024), signed into law as the Online Protections for Minors Act, prohibits social media platforms from using algorithmic recommendation systems to serve content to children under 14 without verifiable parental consent, and bans autoplay features and infinite scroll designed to maximize engagement for mino…

Texas SB 2488 (SCOPE Act, 2023) requires social media platforms to implement age-verification systems and restrict algorithmic content curation for users under 18. Platforms must disclose how recommendation algorithms work when requested by parents, and must provide tools for parents to view and disable AI-driven conte…

COPPA 2.0 (Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act, proposed 2023) would expand the original 1998 COPPA law to protect teenagers up to age 16, and add new requirements specifically addressing AI-driven profiling of minors. The bill prohibits targeted advertising to children and teens, bans data brokers from s…

The EU Digital Services Act (DSA, Regulation 2022/2065) prohibits large platforms from using algorithmic recommendation systems to serve targeted advertising to minors and bans profiling of children for any commercial purpose. Platforms must conduct algorithmic risk assessments for harms to minors and provide child-saf…

California's Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (AB 2273, signed 2022) requires online services likely to be accessed by children under 18 to default to high-privacy settings, prohibit AI systems from profiling children without explicit consent, and conduct data protection impact assessments. Algorithmic amplification of …