Virginia bill to limit social media usage for kids signed into law, requiring parents to give "verifiable" consent if they want to decrease or increase these daily time limits.
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Michigan AG sues Roku for allegedly violating children’s privacy laws (Metro Times) Read more >>

 

Virginia bill to limit social media usage for kids signed into law, requiring parents to give "verifiable" consent if they want to decrease or increase these daily time limits (WUSA9) Read more >>

 

Louisiana app store age restriction bill passes without objection (The Center Square) Read more >>

 

App store age verification bill fails to advance out of Alabama House committee (ABC 3340 News) Read more >>

 

Is App-Store based age assurance the silver bullet? (AVPA) Read more >>

 

Georgia's new law that requires children younger than 16 to get parental permission to create social media accounts has been challenged a month before restrictions are supposed to go into effect. (Fox 5 Atlanta) Read more >> 

 

States Continue to Get Tough on Tech over Child Safety (JD SUPRA) Read more >>

 

Senate Passes Cruz-Led Measure to Scrap Illegal Biden FCC Rule over Child Online Safety Concerns (Press Release) Read more >>

 

Lawsuit claims Roblox, Discord failed to protect girl from alleged predator (ABC 7 Eyewitness News) Read more >>

 

FBI has opened 250 investigations tied to violent online network '764' that preys on teens, top official says (ABC News) Read more >>

 

Goodbye TikTok and Instagram for kids? Texas bill aims to ban social media for minors (as) Read more >> 

 

Senators Urge FTC Action on Consumer Neural Data, Signaling Heightened Scrutiny (Cooley) Read more >>

 

Florida Attorney General’s office opens parental-rights arm to litigate on behalf of parents (Corporate Compliance Insights) Read more >>

 

Whatever happened to the Kids Online Safety Act? (The Verge) Read more >>

 

Bipartisan Klobuchar Bill to Protect Online Privacy and Combat Explicit Deepfakes Passes Congress (Press Release) Read more >>

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