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Arkansas
Act 689 of 2023 (SB396), Social Media Safety Act
Act 689 of 2023 (SB396), codified at Ark. Code Ann. § 4-88-1401 et seq.
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Struck down: invalidated by a court, effective 1 September 2023.
A social media and minors rule binding private bodies.
As of 15 July 2026.
What this law does
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Would have required social media companies to use a third party vendor to perform reasonable age verification, such as a digitized ID or government issued ID, before allowing account access, and to obtain parental consent for minor accounts.
Who enforces it
Litigation
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
- Docket
- NetChoice, LLC v. Griffin, No. 5:23-cv-05105 (W.D. Ark.)
- Posture
- Declared unconstitutional as a content based speech restriction and unconstitutionally vague, and permanently enjoined on March 31, 2025. The state appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (No. 25-1889), then moved in August 2025 to dismiss the appeal and vacate the judgment after Act 900 of 2025 rewrote the statute; merits briefing was on hold pending that motion as of mid 2026.
What it reaches
Age threshold
18
Covered services
Social media companies as statutorily defined.
Verification methods
Gov ID, Digital ID
When LexLint raises it
operates_social_platform
Read the law
official act text, Arkansas State Legislature
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