Consumer Reports urged California legislators Tuesday to approve a location privacy bill that was reintroduced this week by replacing the text of another bill (AB-322).
Data brokers face new requirements starting Sept. 1 under two Texas bills that Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed Friday.
Maine is expected to continue consideration of comprehensive privacy legislation in an extended session next week, state Rep. Rachel Henderson (R) told us Friday.
The New York state legislature passed a social media warning labels bill (S-4505/A-5346) on Tuesday, just days after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) signed a wide-ranging finance omnibus containing a similar measure (HF-2).
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) should veto the Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act, the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) said Tuesday.
A North Carolina bill aimed at protecting children on social media cleared a House committee Tuesday. The Commerce Committee voted by voice to advance an amended HB-860 to the Appropriations Committee.
A long-awaited California Report on Frontier AI Policy calls for “targeted interventions” that “balance the technology’s benefits and material risks.” Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Tuesday announced the report's release. A group of academics and other experts that Newsom organized wrote it in the wake of his vetoing a controversial bill last year by Sen. Scott Wiener (D) on AI frontier models (see 2409300011).
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) slammed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for reportedly abusing personally identifiable information, in violation of privacy rights.
A proposed requirement that mental health warning labels appear on social media passed the Minnesota legislature and was presented to Gov. Tim Walz (D) on Thursday. The New York Senate passed a similar bill the same day. Former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recommended social media warning labels last year (see 2406170059),
Louisiana’s app store age-verification bill will go to Gov. Jeff Landry (R) after the state's House and Senate unanimously agreed to a conference report on HB-570 Thursday. The bill would impose age-verification requirements on app stores before users can download apps.