The Digital Choice Act mandates social media companies to provide consumers access to their personal information and contextual data from AI models within California, with new obligations beyond the CCPA, including interoperability interfaces for social graphs that enable third-party access with permission.
If you operate a social media platform or deploy AI models in California, you must allow users to access their data within five business days or face enforcement actions.
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What This Means
The Digital Choice Act introduces significant requirements for social media companies and AI model operators in California. It mandates transparency in data access and sharing, including interoperability interfaces for social graphs that allow third-party access with user permission, impacting how user data is managed and shared across platforms. Compliance will be essential to avoid potential enforcement actions by the Attorney General, who can adopt regulations and enforce compliance through administrative actions.
Key Provisions
- Consumers can request copies of their personal information and contextual data from AI models.
- Social media companies must respond to data requests within five business days.
- Interoperability interfaces must be implemented for data sharing with third parties, be transparent, third-party-accessible, and allow users to choose to share their social graph with a designated social media platform.
- Contextual data is defined as user-provided information and model-generated data.
- Social graph refers to data representing a user's connections on social media.
- The Attorney General is authorized to adopt regulations and enforce compliance through administrative actions.
Latest Legislative Action
Read second time and amended.
Bill Sponsors
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Lowenthal | Author |
Compliance Checklist
Who: Social media companies and AI model operators
Penalty: Potential enforcement actions by the Attorney General.
Who: Social media companies and AI model operators
Penalty: Potential enforcement actions by the Attorney General.
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