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Arkansas
Act 901 of 2025 (SB612), social media platform civil liability
Act 901 of 2025 (SB612), codified at Ark. Code Ann. §§ 4-88-1501 to 4-88-1503
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Enjoined: enforcement paused by a court, effective 5 August 2025.
A social media and minors rule binding private bodies.
As of 2 September 2026.
What this law does
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Creates a private right of action against a social media platform whose design, algorithm, or feature causes a minor to suffer harm such as an eating disorder, suicide or attempted suicide, or platform addiction. Signed April 21, 2025 and effective August 5, 2025 with no separate effective date clause.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureNo
Private right of actionYes
Penalty structure
This civil penalty is separate from the uncapped actual and punitive damages available to a parent or guardian under Ark. Code Ann. Sec. 4-88-1503(b).
- Rule
- Per violation only
- As of
- 2 September 2026
- Currency
- USD
- Per violation unit
- Violation
- Per violation amount
- 10,000
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Ark. Code Ann. Sec. 4-88-1503(a) creates a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per violation for a knowing and willful violation without naming who may bring that action; a parent or guardian may separately bring a private civil action under Sec. 4-88-1503(b) after a minor's suicide or attempted suicide.
Litigation
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
- Docket
- NetChoice, LLC v. Griffin, No. 5:25-cv-05140 (W.D. Ark.)
- Posture
- Preliminarily enjoined on December 15, 2025 as likely violating the First Amendment and unconstitutionally vague; the injunction has been reported as on appeal to the Eighth Circuit.
What it reaches
Covered services
Social media platforms as statutorily defined.
Obligation class
Prohibition
When LexLint raises it
operates_social_platform
Read the law
official act text, Arkansas State Legislature
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