H 3424 — Child Online Safety Act
The Child Online Safety Act aims to protect minors from online threats by imposing requirements on social media platforms to implement safety measures. It addresses issues such as child safety, including content moderation and age verification mechanisms. The law is designed to prevent grooming, exploitation, and exposure to harmful content for minors. It applies to online platforms operating within South Carolina and mandates compliance with child protection standards.
Linked Incidents
35Incidents this policy has been directly linked to
17-year-old Louisiana girl abducted after online grooming by truck driver, prompting warnings about unmonitored social media use
13- to 15-year-old Instagram users exposed to unwanted nudity and self-harm content via private messages in 2021 survey cited in 2025 lawsuit
Teenager receives disturbing advice from AI chatbot suggesting killing parents over household restrictions is "reasonable
12-year-old Cobb County child exploited on Snapchat by seven men over one year
45-year-old man threatens and attempts to exploit teenage acquaintance via fake social media account leading to felony charges
38-year-old man sexually grooms 13- and 9-year-old girls via Snapchat leading to four-year prison sentence
37 children aged 10–16 sexually groomed and blackmailed via WhatsApp and Snapchat message recordings leading to 69 offence convictions and eight-year youth prison sentence
13-year-old Alabama girl lured to Georgia by online impersonator leading to four-day disappearance
12- to 14-year-old girls sexually exploited via TikTok, Instagram, and WhatsApp messages leading to one-year-and-six-month jail sentence
Teenage girl sexually groomed and abused via TikTok and Snapchat by previously convicted sex offender using multiple aliases over 15 months leading to life imprisonment in 2025
Related Incidents
Same harm domain, actors and location may differ
12-year-old girl sexually groomed via TikTok leading to out-of-state assault in Binghamton, New York
13-year-old Louisiana girl exposed to AI-generated nude deepfake images leading to expulsion and federal lawsuit against school district
12-year-old girl groomed and coerced into self-harm and producing child sexual abuse materials via social media in New Jersey
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