A wave of new state laws is set to take effect in 2025, addressing a range of hot-button issues, including artificial intelligence, social media, and online safety. California is taking a leading role, with new regulations aimed at curbing the use of AI to impersonate performers and requiring parents to set aside earnings from social media posts featuring their children. Florida and Tennessee are also enacting laws regarding parental consent for minors' social media accounts.
Name a hot topic, and chances are good there's a new law about it taking effect in 2025 in one state or another.Many of the laws launching in January are a result of legislation passed this year. Others stem from ballot measures approved by voters. Some face legal challenges. California , home to Hollywood and some of the largest technology companies, is seeking to rein in the artificial intelligence industry and put some parameters around social media stars.
New laws seek to prevent the use of digital replicas of Hollywood actors and performers without permission and allow the estates of dead performers to sue over unauthorized AI use. Parents who profit from social media posts featuring their children will be required to set aside some earnings for their young influencers. A new law also allows children to sue their parents for failing to do so. Parents in California who profit from social media posts featuring their children will be required to set aside some earnings for the minors.A Florida law bans children under 14 from having social media accounts and requires parental consent for ages 14 and 15. But enforcement is being delayed because of a lawsuit filed by two associations for online companies, with a hearing scheduled for late February. A new Tennessee law also requires parental consent for minors to open accounts on social media. NetChoice, an industry group for online businesses, is challenging the law. Another new state law requires porn websites to verify that visitors are at least 18 years old. But the Free Speech Coalition, a trade association for the adult entertainment industry, has filed a challenge. Several new California measures aimed at combating political deepfakes are also being challenged, including one requiring large social media platforms to remove deceptive content related to elections and another allowing any individual to sue for damages over the use of AI to create fabricated images or videos in political ad
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