(1) This chapter applies only to a digital service provider who provides a digital service that: (a) Connects users in a manner that allows users to socially interact with other users on the digital service;(b) Allows a user to create a public, semi-public or private profile for purposes of signing into and using the digital service; and(c) Allows a user to create or post content that can be viewed by other users of the digital service, including sharing content on: (i) A message board;(ii) A chat room; or(iii) A landing page, video channel or main feed that presents to a user content created and posted by other users.(2) This act does not apply to:(a) A digital service provider who processes or maintains user data in connection with the employment, promotion, reassignment or retention of the user as an employee or independent contractor, to the extent that the user's data is processed or maintained for that purpose;(b) A digital service provider's provision of a digital service that facilitates e-mail or direct messaging services, if the digital service facilitates only those services;(c) A digital service provider's provision of a digital service that: (i) Primarily functions to acilitates e-mail or direct messaging services, if the digital service facilitates only those services;(c) A digital service provider's provision of a digital service that: (i) Primarily functions to provide a user with access to news, sports, commerce, online video games or content primarily generated or selected by the digital service provider; and(ii) Allows chat, comment or other interactive functionality that is incidental to the digital service; or(d) A digital service provider's provision of a digital service that primarily functions to provide a user with access to career development opportunities, including:(i) Professional networking;(ii) Job skills;(iii) Learning certifications;(iv) Job posting; and(v) Application services.(3) The Internet service provider, Internet service provider's affiliate or subsidiary, search engine or cloud service provider is not considered to be a digital service provider or to offer a digital service if the Internet service provider or provider's affiliate or subsidiary, search engine or cloud service provider solely provides access or connection, including through transmission, download, intermediate storage, access software or other vider's affiliate or subsidiary, search engine or cloud service provider solely provides access or connection, including through transmission, download, intermediate storage, access software or other service, to an Internet website or to other information or content: (a) On the Internet; or(b) On a facility, system or network not under the control of the Internet service provider, provider's affiliate or subsidiary, search engine or cloud service provider.Added by Laws, 2024, ch. 456, HB 1126,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2024.
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