Just one day after a coalition of nearly 20 states blessed TTAM Research Institute's agreement to acquire 23andMe and its data (see 2506180018), a court document filed Thursday shows nine more states joined in support. The group of now 27 states argued that genetic data isn't moving to a third party, since TTAM isn't strictly an outsider. TTAM's chief, Anne Wojcicki, founded 23andMe and is its former CEO.
Trade association NetChoice asked a court Friday to consider blocking a Utah age-verification law because of its similarity to a Florida measure that was preliminarily enjoined.
Following the district court preliminarily enjoining a Mississippi social media age-verification law for the second time Wednesday, Attorney General Lynn Fitch (R) appealed the decision to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The U.S. District Court for Southern Mississippi ruled that the law was too broad to survive a First Amendment challenge, though the AG's office said it would fight for the “commonsense” law (see 2506180051).
A federal court on Wednesday declined to block a Tennessee law requiring that social media companies verify the age of account holders and gain parental consent from users younger than 18 before they can open accounts.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) on Monday announced that the state will prosecute a Chinese manufacturer of patient monitors that allegedly is violating the state's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act by recording patient data and sending it to "entities controlled by the Chinese Communist Party."
A district court preliminarily enjoined a Mississippi social media age-verification law for the second time Wednesday, ruling it's too broad to survive a First Amendment challenge. The U.S. District Court for Southern Mississippi previously enjoined the same law, HB-1126, in July 2024 (see 2407010062).
The Tennessee attorney general on Monday pushed back against NetChoice's recent claim that a district court decision blocking enforcement of a Florida social media law requiring age verification (see 2506030057) should serve as a reason to do the same thing against similar measures in Tennessee (see 2506040049).
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford sued YouTube and its corporate parents, Google and Alphabet, on Monday over allegations that the companies knowingly created an addictive and harmful platform that targets the youth.
The reasoning behind court decisions to grant or deny class certification in recent privacy cases serves to show what parts of a website are most open to lawsuits and warn businesses to ensure their privacy policies and practices are up to par, according to two Fisher Phillips blogs.
Parents pushed back against an EdTech company's assertion Friday that it can collect student data without parental consent, calling it “hostile to children’s rights.”