TikTok on Thursday appealed a New York Supreme Court judge's May ruling that allowed a suit from the Attorney General's office against the social media platform to continue (see 2505280056). TikTok appealed to the Appellate Division of New York's Supreme Court, arguing the judge erred when it ruled the state's claims were not barred by the First Amendment and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Texas law requiring age verification for access to porn sites. The ruling sided with Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) in support of the state's HB-1181, which the Free Speech Coalition, an adult industry trade association, challenged in a 2023 lawsuit, saying it violated the First Amendment (see 2409170012).
In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Texas law requiring age verification for access to porn sites (see 2506270015 and 2501130012). The majority in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton sided with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) in support of HB-1181, which the adult industry trade association Free Speech Coalition said violates the First Amendment (see 2409170012).
The Colorado attorney general's office is seeking comments ahead of a planned rulemaking to implement kids privacy rules, it said Thursday. It must make rules to implement a 2024 bill (SB 24-041) that amended the Colorado Privacy Act to enhance protections for processing minors’ data.
A district court on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction against a 2024 Georgia law aimed at protecting kids by requiring age verification and parental consent for minors to create social media accounts. However, Georgia's attorney general signaled that the state will continue to fight for the law.
A federal judge Wednesday denied Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch's request for a stay of an injunction blocking a social media age-verification law. Fitch (R) asked for the injunction to be lifted while an appeal of case 24-00170 was pending at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (see 2506200009).
The Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday unanimously passed legislation that would expand the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) to cover teens up to the age of 16 (see 2506180068).
Multi Media asked a federal court on Monday to drop a suit against the porn site, claiming the plaintiff failed to state a claim. Multi Media was one of four adult websites sued in the U.S. District Court for Kansas on May 12 for allegedly violating Kansas law by failing to implement age verification on their sites (see 2505130023).
Google on Tuesday announced its support for legislation that would update the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
The FTC’s 2024 settlement with NGL Labs and 2023 agreement with Epic Games could serve as a blueprint for federal and state enforcers protecting teens from privacy and design-related harms, former Consumer Protection Bureau Director Samuel Levine told Privacy Daily in an interview Monday.