# Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-18-5702: Part definitions > Tennessee · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T47_C18_S47-18-5702 ## Section - **Citation:** Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-18-5702 - **Heading:** Part definitions - **Jurisdiction:** Tennessee - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** TN Code / Title 47 / Chapter 18 / Section 47-18-5702 ## Text As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Account holder" means a person who has an account or profile to use a social media company's platform, with such account or profile having been created on or after January 1, 2025; (2) "Content": (A) Means text, image, or video; and (B) Does not include interactive gaming or educational entertainment; (3) "Interactive computer service": (A) Means an information service, as defined in 47 U.S.C. § 153 , information system, or information access software that: (i) Provides or enables access by multiple users to a computer server; and (ii) Provides access to the internet; and (B) Includes an internet service, an internet system, a website, an internet application, and an internet portal; (4) "Minor" means an individual who is: (A) Known or reasonably believed by a social media platform to be under eighteen (18) years of age; (B) Not emancipated; and (C) A resident of this state; (5) "Parent" means the parent, guardian, or person who has custody of, or person who has caregiving authority over, the minor; (6) "Person" means an individual or entity; (7) "Post" means content that an account holder makes available on a social media platform for other account holders and users to consume; (8) "Social media company" means a person that is an interactive computer service and that provides a social media platform; (9) "Social media platform": (A) Means a website or internet application that: (i) Allows a person to create an account; and (ii) Enables an account holder to communicate with other account holders and users through posts; and (B) Does not include: (i) A broadband internet access service, as defined in 47 CFR § 8.1(b) ; (ii) An email service; (iii) An internet service, internet application, or website: (a) That consists primarily of content that is not generated by account holders, but rather is preselected by the service, application, or website provider; and (b) For which interactive functionality is incidental to, directly related to, or dependent upon, the preselected content described in subdivision (9)(B)(iii)(a); (iv) Online shopping, if the interaction with other account holders or users is predominantly limited to the ability to send, receive, request, or settle funds, comment on transactions, display goods for sale, engage as consumers about products and reviews, or post a wish list; (v) An internet service, internet application, or website that primarily provides career development opportunities; (vi) A cloud storage or cloud computing service; (vii) An online service, application, or website in which interaction between users is predominately used for technical support, or limited to reviewing products offered for sale by electronic commerce or commenting on such reviews posted by other users; or (viii) Peer-to-peer payment platforms, if the interaction with other users or account holders is generally limited to the ability to send, receive, or request funds and to like or comment on such transactions, or other functions that are focused on sending, receiving, requesting, or settling payments between users or account holders; and (10) "User" means a person who consumes posts on a social media platform, but is not an account holder. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 899,s 1, eff. 1/1/2025. As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Account holder" means a person who has an account or profile to use a social media company's platform, with such account or profile having been created on or after January 1, 2025; (2) "Content": (A) Means text, image, or video; and (B) Does not include interactive gaming or educational entertainment; (A) Means text, image, or video; and (B) Does not include interactive gaming or educational entertainment; older" means a person who has an account or profile to use a social media company's platform, with such account or profile having been created on or after January 1, 2025; (2) "Content": (A) Means text, image, or video; and (B) Does not include interactive gaming or educational entertainment; (A) Means text, image, or video; and (B) Does not include interactive gaming or educational entertainment; (3) "Interactive computer service": (A) Means an information service, as defined in 47 U.S.C. § 153 , information system, or information access software that: (i) Provides or enables access by multiple users to a computer server; and (ii) Provides access to the internet; and (B) Includes an internet service, an internet system, a website, an internet application, and an internet portal; (A) Means an information service, as defined in 47 U.S.C. § 153 , information system, or information access software that: (i) Provides or enables access by multiple users to a computer server; and (ii) Provides access to the internet; and (i) Provides or enables access by multiple users to a computer server; and (ii) Provides access to the internet; and (B) Includes an internet service, an internet system, a website, an internet application, and an internet portal; (4) "Minor" means an individual who is: (A) Known or reasonably believed by a social media platform to be under eighteen (18) years of age; (B) Not emancipated; and (C) A resident of this state; (A) Known or reasonably believed by a social media platform to be under eighteen (18) years of age; (B) Not emancipated; and (C) A resident of this state; (5) "Parent" means the parent, guardian, or person who has custody of, or person who has caregiving authority over, the minor; (6) "Person" means an individual or entity; (7) "Post" means content that an account holder makes available on a social media platform for other account holders and users to consume; (8) "Social media company" means a person that is an interactive computer service and that provides a social media platform; (9) "Social media platform": (A) Means a website or internet application that: (i) Allows a person to create an account; and (ii) Enables an account holder to communicate with other account holders and users through posts; and (B) Does not include: (i) A broadband internet access service, as defined in 47 CFR § 8.1(b) ; (ii) An email service; (iii) An internet service, internet application, or website: (a) That consists primarily of content that is not generated by account holders, but rather is preselected by the service, application, or website provider; and (b) For which interactive functionality is incidental to, directly related to, or dependent upon, the preselected content described in subdivision (9)(B)(iii)(a); (iv) Online shopping, if the interaction with other account holders or users is predominantly limited to the ability to send, receive, request, or settle funds, comment on transactions, display goods for sale, engage as consumers about products and reviews, or post a wish list; (v) An internet service, internet application, or website that primarily provides career development opportunities; (vi) A cloud storage or cloud computing service; (vii) An online service, application, or website in which interaction between users is predominately used for technical support, or limited to reviewing products offered for sale by electronic commerce or commenting on such reviews posted by other users; or (viii) Peer-to-peer payment platforms, if the interaction with other users or account holders is generally limited to the ability to send, receive, or request funds and to like or comment on such transactions, or other functions that are focused on sending, receiving, requesting, or settling payments between users or account holders; and (A) Means a website or internet application that: (i) Allows a person to create an account; and (ii) Enables an account holder to communicate with other account holders and users th ability to send, receive, or request funds and to like or comment on such transactions, or other functions that are focused on sending, receiving, requesting, or settling payments between users or account holders; and (A) Means a website or internet application that: (i) Allows a person to create an account; and (ii) Enables an account holder to communicate with other account holders and users through posts; and (i) Allows a person to create an account; and (ii) Enables an account holder to communicate with other account holders and users through posts; and (B) Does not include: (i) A broadband internet access service, as defined in 47 CFR § 8.1(b) ; (ii) An email service; (iii) An internet service, internet application, or website: (a) That consists primarily of content that is not generated by account holders, but rather is preselected by the service, application, or website provider; and (b) For which interactive functionality is incidental to, directly related to, or dependent upon, the preselected content described in subdivision (9)(B)(iii)(a); (iv) Online shopping, if the interaction with other account holders or users is predominantly limited to the ability to send, receive, request, or settle funds, comment on transactions, display goods for sale, engage as consumers about products and reviews, or post a wish list; (v) An internet service, internet application, or website that primarily provides career development opportunities; (vi) A cloud storage or cloud computing service; (vii) An online service, application, or website in which interaction between users is predominately used for technical support, or limited to reviewing products offered for sale by electronic commerce or commenting on such reviews posted by other users; or (viii) Peer-to-peer payment platforms, if the interaction with other users or account holders is generally limited to the ability to send, receive, or request funds and to like or comment on such transactions, or other functions that are focused on sending, receiving, requesting, or settling payments between users or account holders; and (i) A broadband internet access service, as defined in 47 CFR § 8.1(b) ; (ii) An email service; (iii) An internet service, internet application, or website: (a) That consists primarily of content that is not generated by account holders, but rather is preselected by the service, application, or website provider; and (b) For which interactive functionality is incidental to, directly related to, or dependent upon, the preselected content described in subdivision (9)(B)(iii)(a); (a) That consists primarily of content that is not generated by account holders, but rather is preselected by the service, application, or website provider; and (b) For which interactive functionality is incidental to, directly related to, or dependent upon, the preselected content described in subdivision (9)(B)(iii)(a); (iv) Online shopping, if the interaction with other account holders or users is predominantly limited to the ability to send, receive, request, or settle funds, comment on transactions, display goods for sale, engage as consumers about products and reviews, or post a wish list; s incidental to, directly related to, or dependent upon, the preselected content described in subdivision (9)(B)(iii)(a); (iv) Online shopping, if the interaction with other account holders or users is predominantly limited to the ability to send, receive, request, or settle funds, comment on transactions, display goods for sale, engage as consumers about products and reviews, or post a wish list; (v) An internet service, internet application, or website that primarily provides career development opportunities; (vi) A cloud storage or cloud computing service; (vii) An online service, application, or website in which interaction between users is predominately used for technical support, or limited to reviewing products offered for sale by electronic commerce or commenting on such reviews posted by other users; or (viii) Peer-to-peer payment platforms, if the interaction with other users or account holders is generally limited to the ability to send, receive, or request funds and to like or comment on such transactions, or other functions that are focused on sending, receiving, requesting, or settling payments between users or account holders; and (10) "User" means a person who consumes posts on a social media platform, but is not an account holder. 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