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Public-source posture estimateNot legal adviceMap regenerated2026-05-08 · 8 May 2026

Youth & Social Media

Arkansas

Limited or adjacent coverage.Trending toward more guardrails.

Last action 2023-04-11 · 11 April 2023Next review by 2026-08-06 · 6 August 2026

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Sources

arkleg.state.ar.usArkansas SB396 / Act 689 — Social Media Safety Act

Why this status

Arkansas's Social Media Safety Act (Act 689) was signed on April 11, 2023, requiring social-media platforms to verify the ages of users before allowing minors to create accounts. Federal litigation (NetChoice v. Griffin, E.D. Ark.) has been live around the law since enactment, and we couldn't confirm the current enforcement posture from the source we read — so families shouldn't assume the rule is being enforced today without checking the docket.

What this means

Arkansas's rule, on its face, places age-verification duties on the platforms — not on parents. The platform is the entity that has to comply.
A federal court order from NetChoice v. Griffin may be pausing enforcement; that's the load-bearing detail to verify before assuming the rule is operating in practice.
If enforcement is in fact paused, families in Arkansas effectively look to federal rules and platform-set age policies for now — same as in a state without an enacted rule.

What to verify next

Read Act 689 (SB396) on the Arkansas Legislature site for the exact platform duties and age-verification mechanism.
Check the NetChoice v. Griffin docket on PACER, recent news coverage, or the Arkansas Attorney General's site for the current status of any preliminary or permanent injunction — that's what tells you whether the rule is actually live.

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