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).
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TikTok exploits children by using addictive design features, and in turn profits off their time on the social media app, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) alleged in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. These are deceptive and unfair business practices that violate state consumer protection laws, he added.
NetChoice lacks standing to bring a suit against Maryland's Age-Appropriate Design Code (MAADC) Act and it hasn't sufficiently pleaded its facial claims, Attorney General Anthony Brown (D) said in a court document Friday. The AG again requested that a federal court dismiss the trade association's suit, which argues that the kids code law is unconstitutional.
Age-verification mandates will increase the number of data breaches, such as the recent incident involving dating safety app Tea (see 2507280017), ACT | The App Association said in a blog post Friday.
The claim that Roblox would intentionally put its users "at risk of exploitation is categorically untrue," the company said in a statement Friday in response to a lawsuit from Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill (R) (see 2508140051).
A federal judge on Thursday allowed a group of parents to file an appeal instead of an amended complaint in a previously dismissed child privacy case against an education technology platform. The court released a final judgment one day after the plaintiffs made the request at the U.S. District Court for Central California.