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ScheduledSAFE for Kids Act (S7694A), signed June 20, 2024. Bars "addictive" algorithmic feeds and overnight notifications (midnight to 6 a.m.) for under-18s without verified parental consent, bars operators from degrading or repricing service when consent is withheld, and directs them to use commercially reasonable age-determination technology. It is still not enforceable, and the reason is the rulemaking: the Act takes effect 180 days after the Attorney General finalizes implementing rules. The OAG issued its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Sept 15, 2025 -- the first serious attempt by any US authority to specify how an age-assurance mandate actually works -- and the comment period closed Dec 1, 2025, drawing objections from CDT, the Knight-Georgetown Institute and others on age-assurance accuracy and the data collection that parental-consent verification requires. Under the state Administrative Procedure Act the OAG must assess those comments before adopting a final rule, and has up to one year from the close of comment, putting the finalization deadline near Dec 1, 2026 and the earliest possible effective date in 2027. Enforcement is the Attorney General's alone: civil penalties up to $5,000 per violation, no private right of action. No First Amendment challenge has been filed yet, which is unusual for this category -- the NYCLU opposed the bill as almost certain to be struck down, and NetChoice and EFF both criticized it, but there is nothing to enjoin until the rules are final.
- Jun 20, 2024Scheduled
- Jun 20, 2024SAFE for Kids Act signed (unenforceable pending AG rules)
- Sep 15, 2025OAG issued Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
- Dec 1, 2025Public comment period closed
- Dec 1, 2026Outer deadline for the OAG to adopt final rules (approx)
Source: ag.ny.gov