Georgia
Georgia's SB 351 (2024) was enacted as a single act that both restricts minors' social media accounts, requiring parental consent under age 16, and requires age verification on websites publishing material harmful to minors, with both provisions effective July 1, 2025. The social media provisions were preliminarily enjoined in NetChoice v. Carr in June 2025 and remain unenforceable pending Georgia's appeal, argued at the Eleventh Circuit in March 2026. The separate harmful to minors age verification provision is not part of that suit (the district court's opinion states the case challenges only Section 3-1 of the act, O.C.G.A. Secs. 39-6-1 to 39-6-5) and is currently in effect. Georgia has not enacted an app store age verification or design code law, though state senators have called for one.
Subnational jurisdiction. Reviewed 2026-07-15.
SB 351 (2024), commercial entity age verification for material harmful to minors
Requires a commercial entity that knowingly publishes a substantial portion (more than 33.33 percent) of material harmful to minors on a public website to perform reasonable age verification before granting access, using a digitized identification card, government issued identification, or a method meeting the NIST Identity Assurance Level 2 standard, with a bar on retaining identifying information after access is granted. Not challenged in NetChoice v. Carr, which covers only the act's social media provisions.
- Citation
- O.C.G.A. Sec. 39-5-5
- Status
- In force
- Effective date
- 2025-07-01
- Applies to
- Private sector
- Age threshold
- 18
- Verification methods
- gov id, digital id, third party service
- Penalties
- Fine up to $10,000 per violation, plus damages, court costs, and attorney fees for a minor's access or for knowingly retained identifying information.
- Enforcement body
- Georgia Attorney General, solicitors general, and district attorneys
- Private right of action
- yes
- Source
- O.C.G.A. Sec. 39-5-5
SB 351 (2024), Protecting Georgia's Children on Social Media Act
Requires social media platforms to use commercially reasonable age verification and to obtain parental consent before a minor under 16 may hold an account, and limits data collection and advertising directed at minors. A federal court preliminarily enjoined these provisions on June 26, 2025.
- Citation
- O.C.G.A. Secs. 39-6-1 to 39-6-5
- Status
- Enjoined
- Effective date
- 2025-07-01
- Applies to
- Private sector
- Age threshold
- 16
- Verification methods
- parental consent, third party service
- Enforcement body
- Georgia Attorney General
- Private right of action
- no
- Litigation
- NetChoice, LLC v. Carr, No. 25-12436, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Preliminary injunction granted June 26, 2025 by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia; Georgia's appeal was argued March 10, 2026, decision pending.
- Source
- O.C.G.A. Secs. 39-6-1 to 39-6-5
Reviewed 2026-07-15. Confidence: high. Fast-moving area, verify before relying. Not legal advice.