The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) fails to establish how federal law preempts a state social media law that would prohibit kids 13 and younger from creating social media accounts, Florida argued Thursday in asking a federal court to dismiss some of the organization's amended complaint in case 4:24-cv-00438.
Bluesky will block access from Mississippi IP addresses rather than comply with a Mississippi age-verification law that the U.S. Supreme Court allowed to stand last week (see 2508140048), the social media company said in a statement Friday.
A bevy of entities, including advocacy organizations and media groups like the New York Times, filed amicus briefs earlier this week that blasted California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) Act for infringing on privacy and First Amendment rights, with some saying the statute reigns in nearly every form of online content including news sites.
A Florida social media law that would prohibit children 13 and younger from creating social media accounts is content-neutral and furthers governmental interests in protecting them from online harms, said a bipartisan coalition of 27 states and Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
Google and YouTube will pay a combined $30 million to resolve a children's privacy lawsuit that alleged the companies collected personal data and information without consent and used it to deliver targeted ads in violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), California privacy laws and other similar state laws (see 2505120037)
The age-assurance landscape is shifting so quickly that it feels like "building the plane while flying it," IAPP Vice President Caitlin Fennessy said Wednesday during an IAPP webinar. With new laws, technologies and approaches cropping up globally, the privacy community must become more engaged in age-assurance activities and decisions, speakers said.
A Free Speech Coalition guide to state age-verification laws seeks to explain statutes around the country that “are confusing, inconsistent, and in some cases nearly impossible to follow,” FSC Executive Director Alison Boden said Monday.
Since Arkansas has amended a social media safety law that is being challenged in court, the case should be dismissed, Attorney General Tim Griffin (R) said Monday. He asked the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals to toss case 25-1889 as moot, and vacate the district court decision that permanently enjoined the statute at the end of March (see 2504010044).
Montanans can now add state IDs to their mobile wallets, enhancing security, privacy and convenience, the Montana Motor Vehicle Division said Tuesday. Users can add driver's licenses or a state-issued ID to Apple and Google devices, said the division: The mobile IDs let users prove their identity to access services online, in apps and in person, while providing “age verification to participating businesses without sharing any additional information such as name, address, or birthdate when making an age-restricted purchase.”
The California Senate Appropriations Committee agreed Monday to add bills on workplace surveillance (AB-1331) and age-verification signals (AB-1043) to the “suspense file,” a category for bills deemed to be costly, setting them up for a vote at later meetings. In addition, it moved various other privacy and AI bills to suspense earlier in the hearing (see 2508180051).