Louisiana Enacts Kids Online Protection and Anti-Grooming Act Establishing Duty of Care for Platforms Contracting with Minors

Louisiana enacted the Kids Online Protection and Anti-Grooming Act in June 2026, establishing a duty of care for online platforms that contract with minors under 16. The law applies to social media, messaging services, and online gaming platforms, requiring privacy and safety measures including restrictions on adult-to-minor interactions, limitations on sharing precise geolocation data, and privacy-protective default settings. The legislation grants parents enhanced controls over their child's account, including the ability to manage connections, account settings, and platform activities, positioning Louisiana among the growing number of states imposing affirmative safety obligations on platforms rather than relying solely on blanket access restrictions.

A statutory duty of care obligates platforms to implement safeguards but does not prescribe how to detect when a specific child is in danger from a specific adult in real time. That operational gap is where targeted detection becomes the mechanism of compliance. Anti-grooming detection, deployed by Guardii across messaging services, social platforms and gaming environments including Roblox, Discord and Snapchat, identifies sustained targeting, escalation, or coercion in direct-message conversations as they occur, satisfying the duty to restrict adult-to-minor contact by intercepting hostile interaction before it reaches the minor. A world-leading AI online-safety platform, Guardii enables platforms to demonstrate that they have taken reasonable steps to protect children, not by restricting access for all, but by blocking the adults who pose the threat.