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 Senate Commerce Committee will consider legislation updating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) at a June 25 markup, Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, announced Wednesday.
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).
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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.
A tech industry group on Friday ruled out the possibility that a rulemaking would alleviate its concerns with Vermont’s new age-appropriate design code law. Gov. Phil Scott (R) signed S-69 on Thursday (see 2506120094) despite vetoing a similar proposal last year. Businesses of all sizes will have to comply with the Vermont AADC or potentially face AG enforcement or lawsuits from individuals via a private right of action in the state's existing consumer protection law.
Vermont will have an age-appropriate design code (AADC) law. Gov. Phil Scott (R) signed S-69, based on an Assembly bill by Rep. Monique Priestley (D), on Thursday, his office said.
Representatives from Apple and Google highlighted some company differences in philosophy regarding data retention practices during separate panels at the Future of Privacy Forum’s DC Privacy Forum on Wednesday.
State privacy investigators are in constant contact about potential enforcement action that goes beyond the recently launched bipartisan consortium (see 2504160037), privacy officials from California, Colorado and Texas said.
While children and teens' safety online has been a focus of regulators and lawmakers globally, privacy experts believe this trend will continue growing, according to their recent posts.