Social media platform

How the laws define this

Consensus among these sources establishes a social media platform as an online service or platform enabling users to create, share, and interact with digital content or other users. Beyond this core function, the instruments diverge in their specific structural criteria and regulatory scopes. Under the legislation to repeal sections 573.010 and 573.550, RSMo, the definition uniquely emphasizes structural features, requiring user profiles that are public or semi-public and a design aimed at broad public engagement. In contrast, the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission draft regulation explicitly distinguishes social media from traditional broadcasting, highlighting activities like posting, commenting, and messaging while subjecting platforms to content governance and takedown rules. Meanwhile, California SB 981 applies existing state law to these services while establishing targeted obligations specifically concerning deepfake intimate images.

Synthesised from the 3 statutory definitions below. Each one is quoted in full, with its source.