# Idaho Code § 48-2103: 48-2103 AGE ESTIMATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF CHILDREN

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## Section

- **Citation:** Idaho Code § 48-2103
- **Heading:** 48-2103 AGE ESTIMATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF CHILDREN
- **Jurisdiction:** Idaho
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Idaho Code / Title 48 / Chapter 21 / Section 48-2103

## Text

48-2103. age estimation and identification of children.

(1)(a) Within fourteen (14) days of the first trigger date, a covered social media platform shall use reasonable means and reasonable efforts, taking into consideration available technology and the data in the possession of the covered social media platform, to estimate the age of the account holder for purposes of this chapter. If the covered social media platform is able to conclude with eighty percent (80%) confidence or higher that the account holder is older than sixteen (16) years of age, the covered social media platform may treat the account holder to be other than a child for the purposes of this chapter. Otherwise, the covered social media platform shall treat the account holder as a child for the purposes of this chapter.

(b) Within fourteen (14) days of the second trigger date, a covered social media platform shall use reasonable means and reasonable efforts, taking into consideration available technology and the data in the possession of the covered social media platform, to revise its estimate of the age of the account holder for the purposes of this chapter. If the covered social media platform is able to conclude with ninety percent (90%) confidence or higher that the account holder is older than sixteen (16) years of age, the covered social media platform may treat the account holder to be other than a child for the purposes of this chapter. Otherwise, the covered social media platform shall treat the account holder as a child for the purposes of this chapter.

(c) After the second trigger date, a covered social media platform shall update its estimate of the age of each account holder after every additional one hundred (100) hours spent by the account holder on the platform, or as often as the covered social media platform applies any form of data analytics or artificial intelligence to update its estimate of any other demographic characteristic of the account holder for any reason, whichever period is shorter.

(2) A covered social media platform shall have no obligation under this chapter to estimate the age of an account holder, or to take any other action with respect to such an account, when the account holder has had an account with the covered social media platform continuously for at least seven (7) years.

(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to create any duty on the part of a covered social media platform to request, collect, or retain any information from or about any account holder. The age estimate required by this section shall be derived based on information collected and retained by the covered social media platform in the ordinary course of operation of the social media platform.

History:

[48-2103, added 2026, ch. 268, sec. 1, p. 1130.]

## Nearby sections

- [Idaho Code § 48-2101 48-2101 SHORT TITLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T48_C21_S48-2101.md)
- [Idaho Code § 48-2102 48-2102 DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T48_C21_S48-2102.md)
- [Idaho Code § 48-2103 48-2103 AGE ESTIMATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF CHILDREN.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T48_C21_S48-2103.md)
- [Idaho Code § 48-2104 48-2104 LIMITATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS FOR CHILDREN.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T48_C21_S48-2104.md)
- [Idaho Code § 48-2105 48-2105 REMEDIES AND ENFORCEMENT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T48_C21_S48-2105.md)
- [Idaho Code § 48-2106 48-2106 EXCLUSIONS — WAIVER PROHIBITED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T48_C21_S48-2106.md)
- [Idaho Code § 48-2201 48-2201 SHORT TITLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T48_C21_S48-2201.md)
- [Idaho Code § 48-2202 48-2202 DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T48_C21_S48-2202.md)
- [Idaho Code § 48-2203 48-2203 OPERATOR REQUIREMENTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T48_C21_S48-2203.md)
- [Idaho Code § 48-2204 48-2204 OPERATOR REQUIREMENTS — MINORS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T48_C21_S48-2204.md)
- [Idaho Code § 48-2205 48-2205 PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T48_C21_S48-2205.md)

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