(a) (1) Any social media platform that violates a requirement of this chapter shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) for each intentional violation, which shall be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the Attorney General.

(2) In a successful action brought by the Attorney General to enforce this chapter, the court may order injunctive relief to obtain compliance with this chapter.

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(b) For purposes of this section, each day a social media platform is in violation of a requirement of this chapter constitutes a separate violation.

(c) This section shall become operative September 1, 2023.

(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 700, Sec. 1. (AB 2879) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative September 1, 2023, by its own provisions.)