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IN HB1408: Education matters.

Enacted · set to take effect Jan 1, 2027 Indiana · 2026 session

Last verified Oct 12, 2026 · official bill text

HB1408 · where it stands

4 of 5 steps complete
  1. Introduced Complete
  2. Passed first chamber Complete
  3. Passed both chambers Complete
  4. Enacted Complete
  5. Effective Jan 1, 2027
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In one paragraph

Indiana's HEA 1408 (P.L. 100-2026) is mostly an education bill, but Section 14 adds IC 24-16 on social media providers, defined in part as platforms that employ algorithms analyzing user data to select content for users. Providers must use commercially reasonable means to determine a new Indiana user's age and need verifiable parental consent to open an account for anyone under 16. Those accounts must be configured so they receive no content, content recommendations or advertising based on the adolescent's patterns of use, and no addictive features, and parents get tools to monitor and limit use. Violations are deceptive acts under Indiana consumer law. IC 24-16 is effective January 1, 2027.

Plain-English summary, written with AI assistance. The official text controls.

What it means for business

Large social platforms serving Indiana teens under 16 must turn off usage-based recommendation feeds and targeted ads for them and add parental consent and controls by 2027.

Key provisions

  1. IC 24-16-2: a covered social media provider includes a platform that 'employs algorithms that analyze user data or information on users to select content for users'
  2. IC 24-16-3-1: providers must use commercially reasonable means to determine an account requester's age and residence and need verifiable parental consent for users under 16
  3. IC 24-16-3-2(c)(3): adolescents' accounts may not receive dissemination of content, recommendations for content or advertising based on patterns of the adolescent's use; addictive features and unsolicited contact are also disabled
  4. Parents who consent get a separate password to monitor use, set daily, weekly and time-of-day limits, and access the account
  5. IC 24-16-4: continuing age estimation as account holders accumulate hours of use, starting January 1, 2027
  6. A violation of IC 24-16 is a deceptive act under IC 24-5-0.5-3; Article 16 effective January 1, 2027

Latest legislative action

Mar 4, 2026. Signed by the Governor; Public Law 100

Topics and industries

Related topics

AI in Social Media & Online PlatformsAutomated Decision-Making

Affected industries

TechnologyMedia

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Nebraska LB504 Adopt the Age-Appropriate Online Design Code Act Minnesota HF4138 Social media platforms; requirements related to accounts for minors established California SB976 Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act. New York S7694 Establishes the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids act prohibitin Maryland HB603 Consumer Protection - Online Products and Services - Data of Children (Maryland South Carolina H3401 Technology Transparency