California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed new laws that make it easier for people to delete their social media accounts, along with the data associated with them.
The main bill, AB 656, was signed during San Francisco Tech Week 2025 and forces social media platforms to give users a clear and simple way to delete their accounts. When someone deletes an account, the company must also fully erase their personal data instead of keeping it stored in the background.
“It shouldn’t be hard to delete social media accounts, and it shouldn’t be even harder to take back control of personal data,” Newsom said. “With these bills, social media users can be assured that when they delete their accounts, they do not leave their data behind.”
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The bill was written by Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo, who said, “Social media users deserve to have the confidence that they can easily delete their account and when they do that their personal information is deleted too.”
These new rules build on previous laws that gave Californians more control over their data. That includes 2023’s DELETE Act, which will let users remove their information from all registered data brokers at once starting in August 2026.
California also passed the Click to Cancel bill, going into effect in July, despite the same provision being shut down federally.
Newsom also signed two other bills aimed at improving transparency and online privacy. SB 361, by Senator Josh Becker, makes data brokers share more details about the personal information they collect. AB 566, from Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal, requires web browsers to include a single opt-out setting to block third-party data sales across all sites rather than one by one.
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