EveryAILaw.comDoes Georgia AI Companion Chatbot Safeguards (SB 540) require Human Oversight?
Georgia • enacted
Yes — 1 provision
Requirements at a glance
This regulation imposes 5 specific requirements for Human Oversight across 1 provision:
- Screen-time and account tools — For accounts known to belong to minor users, offer reasonable tools to the minor or a parent to manage the minor's screen time and account settings (§ 39-5-6(i))
- Privacy settings — Those tools must allow management of privacy settings (§ 39-5-6(i)(1))
- Notification limits — Those tools must allow limiting notifications and engagement features (§ 39-5-6(i)(2))
- Safety settings visibility — Those tools must allow viewing and adjusting safety settings (§ 39-5-6(i)(3))
- Relationship-simulation controls — Those tools must allow disabling or restricting relationship-simulation features, if any (§ 39-5-6(i)(4))
Minor Account Controls and Parental Tools #
'Parental controls' is defined at § 39-5-6(a)(7) — usage limits, feature restrictions, transparency tools — but the defined term is not used in the operative duty, which is written in § 39-5-6(i) as 'reasonable tools' to manage screen time and account settings. The duty is triggered only for accounts *known* to belong to minors, so it depends on whatever age signal the operator already holds; § 39-5-6(j) age assurance is not a general gate that would generate that knowledge. The mapping to human-oversight is the closest available fit for a user- and guardian-facing control duty; it is not an oversight-of-automated-decisions obligation in the usual sense.
Requirements
| Requirement | Details |
|---|---|
| Screen-time and account tools | For accounts known to belong to minor users, offer reasonable tools to the minor or a parent to manage the minor's screen time and account settings (§ 39-5-6(i)) |
| Privacy settings | Those tools must allow management of privacy settings (§ 39-5-6(i)(1)) |
| Notification limits | Those tools must allow limiting notifications and engagement features (§ 39-5-6(i)(2)) |
| Safety settings visibility | Those tools must allow viewing and adjusting safety settings (§ 39-5-6(i)(3)) |
| Relationship-simulation controls | Those tools must allow disabling or restricting relationship-simulation features, if any (§ 39-5-6(i)(4)) |
Penalties
| Violation | Fine |
|---|---|
| Attorney General civil action | Up to $10,000 per knowing violation plus compensatory damages, costs and fees, and injunctive relief (§ 39-5-6(k)(1)) |
| Per-day, per-user accrual | Each day in violation is a separate violation for each user affected (§ 39-5-6(k)(2)) |