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Certain online platforms requirement to provide information pertaining to algorithm use

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S.F. No. 4380 is a Minnesota Senate bill. It was introduced 03/11/2026 and referred to the Commerce and Consumer Protection committee. It has not been enacted. If enacted, it would add Minnesota Statutes section 325M.35, "Online Platform Metrics," which covers online platforms that do business in Minnesota and use algorithmic recommender systems based in whole or part on users' personal data. Under subd. 3, these platforms would have to prominently disclose each recommender system they use, each system's inputs and data sources, and the system's weights grouped into four quartiles by importance. They would also have to disclose annually the objectives, key results and performance metrics used to evaluate the product teams that design these systems. Subd. 4 would require recommender systems that use personal data to be configured by default to maximize long-term user value metrics. Platforms would have to offer an accessible interface where users can state which types of items they want recommended or blocked, and take reasonable steps to honor those choices. Platforms could not degrade service or raise prices because a user exercised these rights. Subd. 5 would apply a default of maximizing long-term user value metrics for minors to covered minors. Subd. 6 would require platforms to keep at least one holdout group, subject all design changes to long-term (at least 12-month) holdout assessments, publish annual assessment disclosures, and pay for an annual independent audit. Subd. 6 would also direct the commissioner of commerce to adopt rules, including a possible exemption for harm-reducing changes. Subd. 3(b) separately directs rules clarifying the required disclosures. Subd. 7 would make violations an unfair and deceptive act under section 325D.44. It would let the attorney general enforce under section 8.31. It would also give users a private right of action: $5,000 per user per violation or actual damages, whichever is greater. For reckless or knowing violations, it adds punitive damages of $7,000 per violation or actual damages, whichever is greater. Both amounts are CPI-adjusted. Users could also recover attorney fees and injunctive or declaratory relief. Subd. 2 states that the section does not limit other Minnesota law and must be read consistently with the First Amendment and 47 U.S.C. section 230.

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