§ 1101 — Required disclosure of terms of service

New York § 1101

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law GBS: General Business
• Art. 42: Social Media Terms of Service

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§ 1101. Required disclosure of terms of service. 1. A social media\ncompany shall post terms of service for each social media platform owned\nor operated by the company in a manner reasonably designed to inform all\nusers of the social media platform of the existence and contents of the\nterms of service.\n 2. The terms of service posted pursuant to subdivision one of this\nsection shall include all of the following:\n (a) contact information for the purpose of allowing users to ask the\nsocial media company questions about the terms of service;\n (b) a description of the process that users must follow to flag\ncontent, groups, or other users that they believe violate the terms of\nservice, and the social media company's commitments on response and\nresolution time; and\n (c) a list of potential actions the social media company may take\nagainst an item of content or a user, including, but not limited to,\nremoval, demonetization, deprioritization, or banning.\n 3. The terms of service posted pursuant to subdivision one of this\nsection shall be available in the twelve most common non-English\nlanguages spoken by limited-English proficient individuals in the state,\nas outlined in section two hundred two-a of the executive law, in which\nthe social media platform offers product features, including, but not\nlimited to, menus and prompts.\n