Minnesota

Subnational jurisdiction · as of 2026-07-15

Minnesota enacted the STOP HARMS from Addictive Social Media Act as part of House File 4138, signed May 26, 2026, which will require covered social media platforms to estimate users' ages, obtain verifiable parental consent for accounts they must treat as belonging to a child, default to the most private settings, and disable addictive interface features such as infinite scroll and autoplay for children, effective July 1, 2027. The Act includes a private right of action for children and parents in addition to Attorney General enforcement as a deceptive trade practice. A separate bill that would require anonymous age verification for websites with material harmful to minors (HF 1434, companion SF 2105) has not advanced past committee, so Minnesota has no adult content age verification, app store age verification, or comprehensive design code law. A related 2025 law, Minn. Stat. 325M.335, requires a mental health warning label on social media platforms effective July 1, 2026; it applies to users of all ages rather than gating by age, and the state has agreed not to enforce it while NetChoice's First Amendment challenge (NetChoice v. Ellison, D. Minn. No. 0:26-cv-2405) is pending.