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State Children's Privacy Law Tracker / Arkansas

Arkansas Children's Privacy Laws (2026)

3 laws & bills tracked · overall: Enacted — enjoined · current as of June 28, 2026

Arkansas has 3 tracked children's privacy laws and bills — each listed below with its status, the ages it covers, litigation posture, and a link to the official primary source. For the interactive view, open Arkansas in the tracker map.

Social Media Safety Act (SB 396 / Act 689 of 2023)

Enacted — enjoined — Passed, but a court has currently blocked enforcement. · Social media · effective 2023-09-01 · binds operators, platforms

Ages: under 18

Requires: Social media platforms must verify the age of account holders via a third-party vendor and obtain parental consent before a minor (under 18) may create an account.

Litigation: NetChoice, LLC v. Griffin, No. 5:23-cv-05105 (W.D. Ark.). PI 2023-08-31; permanent injunction 2025-03-31; on appeal to the 8th Circuit (briefing complete Feb 2026, undecided).

Primary source

Social Media Safety Act amendment (SB 611 / Act 900 of 2025)

Enacted — enjoined — Passed, but a court has currently blocked enforcement. · Social media · effective 2026-04-21 · binds operators, platforms

Ages: under 16 (some provisions under 18)

Requires: Strengthens age-verification; narrows applicability to users under 16; requires parental consent for minors' accounts; nighttime notification curfew (cease notifications 10pm-6am CST unless modified by a parent); protective default privacy settings; adds a parental private right of action and raises penalties to $10,000 per violation.

Litigation: NetChoice, LLC v. Griffin, No. 5:25-cv-05140 (W.D. Ark.). Preliminary injunction granted 2026-04-20; on appeal to the 8th Circuit (heard with related Griffin appeals), undecided.

Primary source

Regulation of Social Media Platform Design (SB 612 / Act 901 of 2025)

Enacted — enjoined — Passed, but a court has currently blocked enforcement. · Social media · effective 2025-08-03 · binds operators, platforms

Ages: under 16

Requires: Creates a private right of action and civil penalties for social media platforms that use a design, algorithm, or feature they knew or should have known causes a minor user to purchase a controlled substance, develop an eating disorder, commit/attempt suicide, or develop/sustain an addiction to the platform.

Litigation: NetChoice, LLC v. Griffin, No. 5:25-cv-05140 (W.D. Ark.). Preliminary injunction granted 2025-12-15; on appeal to the 8th Circuit, undecided.

Primary source

Also on the books (out of scope): Protection of Minors from Distribution of Harmful Material Act (SB 66 / Act 612 of 2023) — adult-content age-verification law; in force since 2023-07-31, unchallenged (unlike Act 689) — out-of-scope mandates (like adult-content age-gates) are tracked separately and don't set this state's status.

Federal · COPPAapplies here too

Regardless of state law, COPPA governs personal information collected from children under 13: notice, verifiable parental consent, data minimization, and — under the 2025 amended Rule — limits on retention and third-party sharing.

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How Arkansas compares

Not legal advice. I build products for a living; I'm not a lawyer. Compiled from primary sources and reviewed monthly as part of the State Children's Privacy Law Tracker; AI-assisted research, verified against each law's official source — but laws and injunctions change fast, so confirm the latest before relying on it. Related: COPPA's Gray Areas.