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Louisiana
Act 618 of 2026 (HB 134), display or delivery of material harmful to minors by an interactive computer service
An age-appropriate design code rule binding private bodies.
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- Applies to an interactive computer service, meaning any information service, system, or access software provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server, that enters into a contract with a minor, including the creation of an online account; a minor is a person under eighteen who is not emancipated.
- Do not deliver or display to a minor account material harmful to minors, as section 51:2121 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes defines it, that the service created or developed in whole or in part.
- If the Attorney General gives written notice of an alleged violation, cure it within forty-five days of receiving the notice by giving the Attorney General a written statement that the violation is cured and no further violations will occur; a violation left uncured, or a further violation after the notice, may be sued on.
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Penalty structure
A civil fine of up to $10,000 per violation, set and enforced by the Attorney General in a civil enforcement action.
- Rule
- Per violation only
- As of
- Currency
- USD
- Per violation unit
- Violation
- Per violation amount
- 10,000
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Louisiana Attorney General
Settledness
- As of
- Open questions
- Does the prohibition reach material harmful to minors that a user posted and the service only hosts, given that the text reaches only material "created or developed, in whole or in part, by the interactive computer service"?
What it reaches
Age threshold
18
Covered services
Interactive computer services that enter into a contract with a minor, including by creating an online account, and that deliver or display to a minor account material harmful to minors that the service created or developed in whole or in part.
Obligation class
Design code, Prohibition
What this law does
Act 618 of 2026 (HB 134) enacts section 9:2717.2.1 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes, which provides that an interactive computer service that enters into a contract with a minor, including the creation of an online account, shall not deliver or display to a minor account material harmful to minors that the service created or developed, in whole or in part. Material harmful to minors has the meaning given in section 51:2121 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes.
A service that violates the section is subject to a civil fine of up to ten thousand dollars per violation, set and enforced by the attorney general in a civil enforcement action. Before filing, the attorney general must give written notice, and the service may cure the alleged violations by a written statement within forty-five days of receipt of the notice. The attorney general may file against a service that fails to cure after the notice or commits another violation after it. Section 2 of the Act provides that it becomes effective on .
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app serves under-18s.
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