Expect House floor consideration for the Kids Online Safety Act and the Take It Down Act, House Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., said Wednesday.
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti (R) asked the U.S. District Court of Middle Tennessee on Monday again to deny NetChoice's preliminary injunction against a law requiring age verification to access social media accounts. Skrmetti argued the association's notice of supplemental authority concerns an unrelated data privacy law.
The FTC will host a workshop on kids online safety at a May 28 event, Chairman Andrew Ferguson announced Tuesday.
Priorities for Canada's Office of the Privacy Commissioner include addressing the privacy impacts of fast-moving technological developments and ensuring that children's privacy is protected, the OPC said in a Friday report setting out the results of a consultation on age assurance.
The Wisconsin Assembly voted 69-22 Thursday in favor of an age-verification bill (AB-105) aimed at keeping kids off of porn websites. One of many kids online safety bills advancing across numerous states this year (see 2503060022), the measure goes next to the Senate.
Starting March 17, the U.K. Office of Communications (Ofcom) said it will monitor providers of online file-sharing and file-storage services that pose particular risks to users from child sexual abuse material (CSAM) for potential enforcement activities under the Online Safety Act (OSA).
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti (R) urged the U.S. District Court of Middle Tennessee on Friday to deny NetChoice’s request for a preliminary injunction on a bill requiring age verification to access social media accounts following the decision in CCIA & NetChoice v. Uthmeier (see 2503170061). NetChoice responded Tuesday, asking the court to grant the preliminary injunction and enjoin the AG from enforcing HB-1891, as the ruling in the Uthmeier case “has no bearing here.”
NetChoice filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Middle Louisiana against Attorney General Liz Murrill (R) over an act that would require age verification before a user could access social media platforms. The action Tuesday alleges the legislation violates the First Amendment and poses a serious threat to online safety and cybersecurity.
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Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey (D) raised privacy concerns Monday concerning a social media bill requiring age verification. Maine’s joint Judiciary Committee received testimony on LD-844, which would require age verification and ban accounts for kids younger than 14, while allowing them for 14- and 15-year-olds with parental consent (see 2503060022).