78B-3-1101. Definitions.

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Effective 10/1/2024

As used in this part:

(1)"Account holder" means the same as that term is defined in Section 13-71-101 .

(a)"Adverse mental health outcome" means a condition affecting a minor's mental health that is:

(i)diagnosable by a licensed mental health care provider; and

(ii)acknowledged by professional mental health experts as having a negative impact on a minor's well-being.

(b)"Adverse mental health outcome" includes depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts or behaviors, and self-harm thoughts or behaviors.

(3)"Algorithmically curated social media service" means a social media service that drives user engagement primarily through the use of:

(a)a curation algorithm; and

(b)engagement driven design elements.

(4)"Content" means the same as that term is defined in Section 13-71-101 .

(a)"Curation algorithm" means a computational process or set of rules used by a social media platform that determines, influences, or personalizes, designed to encourage prolonged or frequent engagement:

(i)the content a user views;

(ii)the order in which content is displayed;

(iii)how prominently content is displayed; or

(iv)the manner in which content is displayed.

(b)"Curation algorithm" does not include the curation of:

(i)responses to specific user queries or user prompts requesting content related to defined topics or interests selected by the user; or

(ii)content to ensure only age appropriate material is provided to a user based on the user's age;

(iii)content that prevents a minor from viewing violent, bullying, threatening, or harassing content; or

(iv)content to comply with any state or federal law restricting the display of material harmful to minors.

(6)"Engagement driven design elements" means:

(a)autoplay features that continuously play content without requiring user interaction;

(b)scroll or pagination that loads additional content as long as the user continues scrolling; or

(c)push notifications.

(7)"Excessive use" means the use of a social media service by a minor to an extent that the use substantially interferes with the minor's normal functioning in:

(a)academic performance;

(b)sleep;

(c)in-person relationships;

(d)mental health; or

(e)physical health.

(8)"Minor" means the same as that term is defined in Section 13-71-101 .

(9)"Parent" includes a legal guardian.

(10)"Push notification" means an automatic electronic message displayed on an account holder's device, when the user interface for the social media service is not actively open or visible on the device, that prompts the account holder to repeatedly check and engage with the social media service.

(11)"Resident" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-3-102 .

(12)"Social media company" means the same as that term is defined in Section 13-71-101 .

(13)"Social media service" means the same as that term is defined in Section 13-71-101 .

(14)"User" means the same as that term is defined in Section 13-71-101 .

(15)"Utah account holder" means the same as that term is defined in Section 13-71-101 .

(16)"Utah minor account holder" means the same as that term is defined in Section 13-71-101 .

Enacted by Chapter 224 , 2024 General Session