Josh Lowenthal
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 69
Author
The Cyberbullying Protection Act requires a social media platform to disclose all cyberbullying reporting procedures in the social media platform's terms of service and to establish a mechanism within its internet-based service that allows an individual, whether or not that individual has a profile on the internet-based service, to report cyberbullying or any content that violates the existing terms of service. Existing law requires the reporting mechanism to allow, but not require, an individual to upload a screenshot of the content that contains cyberbullying or violates the terms of service. This bill would, beginning January 1, 2026, require a social media platform to disclose all social media-related threat reporting procedures for certain verified reporters in the social media platform's terms of service. The bill would define "social media-related threat" to mean content posted on a social media platform that promotes, incites, facilitates, or perpetrates any of certain things, including cyberbullying, suicide, and drug trafficking. This bill would require a large social media platform, as defined, to, among other things, create a process to verify certain individuals as verified reporters, including a school principal, as specified. The bill would require, in addition to any other reporting mechanism required by state law, a large social media platform to create a process by which a verified reporter can make a report of a social media-related threat or a violation of the large social media platform's terms of service that in the verified reporter's opinion poses a risk or a severe risk to the health and safety of a minor. The bill would require a large social media platform that receives a report from a verified reporter to, on a publicly accessible internet website, report annually on, among other things, the total number of reports from a verified reporter received for the calendar year.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 832, Statutes of 2024.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 0.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 2.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 2).
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 0. Page 5510.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 30).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.
Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and PUB. S.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB2481 | HTML |
| 02/13/24 - Introduced | |
| 03/21/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/15/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/22/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/23/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/07/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/05/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/23/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/05/24 - Enrolled | |
| 09/28/24 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/28/24- Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection | |
| 05/08/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/28/24- Senate Judiciary | |
| 07/31/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/26/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/30/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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