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The age-verification industry this week disputed a Chamber of Progress op-ed that raised concerns with social media bills in the Connecticut legislature.
California appropriators greenlit a plethora of privacy bills at Friday meetings. Assembly and Senate panels ticked through a laundry list of “suspense file” bills, including on age assurance, automated decisions, reproductive health, workplace surveillance and revisions of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA). The approved bills could get floor votes next.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a bill requiring social media platforms to verify ages and not allow those younger than 18 to have accounts unless their parents give consent, the governor’s office said Tuesday.
Legislators can’t address kids’ safety issues without also considering kids’ privacy issues because they're intertwined, privacy attorney Paula Bruening said Tuesday during an Innovators Network webinar.
The Mississippi attorney general fired back Monday against NetChoice, opposing motions for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction against a law that requires social media platforms to verify users' ages, obtain parental consent for minors to have accounts, and limit the content minors are exposed to on the platforms.
The U.K. digital identity industry is feeling reassured about the upcoming GOV.UK Wallet following a meeting with, and apology from, the government, according to Iain Corby, executive director of the Age Verification Providers Association (AVPA).
A tech industry group raised privacy and other concerns with a Texas bill (HB-186) that would require age verification and ban kids younger than 18 from creating social media accounts.
Texas and Nebraska governors will consider signing age-verification bills soon.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong (D) hailed a "strong bipartisan vote" in the state legislature on a social media age-verification bill. The House voted 121-26 Wednesday in favor of HB-6857, sending it to the Senate.