In a lengthy hearing Tuesday in front of Vermont's House Commerce and Economic Committee, lawmakers weighed testimony from concerned parents, youth and other advocates of a kids code bill. However, the tech industry opposed the bill for privacy and First Amendment reasons.
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has taken up a challenge to New Jersey’s Daniel’s Law, which plaintiffs say is a violation of the First Amendment. The 3rd Circuit’s review of such a law is unusual and will impact other states that attempt to model it, but might also serve as an opportunity to review the statute and tighten it, said privacy lawyers.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed Thursday with a district court decision and dismissed a case alleging violations of the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), taking a narrow view of what it means to be a "consumer." However, one of the three judges, Rachel Bloomekatz, issued a dissent from most of the decision.
More than 30 people testified about a bill seeking to limit automated analysis of personal data for making financial inferences during a Wednesday hearing in the Colorado House Judiciary Committee, with many people supporting its protections for both workers and consumers.
Judges for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals appeared to side with California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) during oral argument in NetChoice v. Bonta Wednesday in what Judge Ryan Nelson called “a very complicated case” over a state law that makes it illegal for addictive internet-based services and applications to provide an addictive feed to a user younger than 18 unless the operator does not know that the user is a minor.
The U.S. District Court for Western Arkansas ruled Monday in favor of tech trade association NetChoice, permanently enjoining an Arkansas social media safety act as unconstitutional. The court said the age-verification law violated the First and 14th Amendments.
A group of Texas lawmakers warned about potential internet harm for minors during a hearing on a pair of kids online safety bills in the Senate State Affairs Committee on Monday.
NetChoice and the Computer Communications Industry Association (CCIA) re-filed a lawsuit Friday against Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) over HB-3, which the groups allege violates the First Amendment and puts cybersecurity and privacy risks on state residents. The same day at another federal district court, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown (D) sought to dismiss a separate NetChoice lawsuit against the Maryland Age-Appropriate Design Code (MAADC) Act.
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals took a broad view of what it means to be a videotape service provider under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) on Friday in an opinion in case 24-1290. The plaintiffs allege the transmission of their personal information from a website where users can watch old TV shows to Facebook is in violation of the VPPA.
Regulation of AI tools and systems is all based on the same data governance principles used in privacy law, and it’s important for this regulation to be tackled collaboratively on a state level, said a Texas legislator and privacy and emerging tech experts during a regulatory panel at the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) AI and Technology for Marketers Conference Friday.