SCREEN Act

Protection of Minors' Well-being: The bill seeks to protect the physical and psychological well-being of minors by shielding them from access to online pornographic content (Section 2).

Targeted Content Restriction: By requiring technology verification, the bill aims to ensure that minors are prevented from accessing any content on a covered platform that is harmful to them (Section 4(a)).

Data Security Mandates: The Act requires covered platforms to establish and maintain reasonable data security to protect the confidentiality and integrity of technology verification measure data (Section 4(f)).

Data Minimization: The bill mandates that technology verification measure data be retained for no longer than is reasonably necessary to use the measure or demonstrate compliance (Section 4(f)).

Verification Burdens: Users must undergo a technology verification process to access certain platforms, as simply confirming they are not a minor will not be sufficient to comply with the Act (Section 4(b)).

IP Address Monitoring: All users of a covered platform will have their Internet Protocol (IP) addresses subjected to the technology verification measure, unless the platform determines the user is not in the United States (Section 4(b)).

Mandatory Third-Party Use Potential: While platforms can contract with third parties to handle verification, the platform remains liable for any obligations or failures under the Act (Section 4(d)).