Recent enforcement against Honda and Healthline in California and FTC action against data brokers show that companies must understand data flow and consent, an executive with the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) said in an interview Monday.
Federal court Judge Halil Ozerden granted a stay of proceedings in a Mississippi social media age-verification law case while an appeal to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is pending. The parties in the case, NetChoice and Attorney General Lynn Fitch (R), jointly moved for the stay on Wednesday (see 2507020027).
Trade association NetChoice and Mississippi AG Lynn Fitch (R) jointly moved for a stay of proceedings of a social media age-verification law case while Fitch's appeal to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is pending.
Louisiana will be the third state with an app store age-verification law. Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed HB-570 on Monday, and it will take effect July 1, 2026. Aimed at enhancing children's online safety, the legislation imposes age-verification requirements on app stores before users can download apps.
Utah should consider amending its comprehensive privacy law, given the underwhelming number of consumer privacy complaints filed in the statute’s first 18 months, said Attorney General Derek Brown (R) and the Utah Division of Consumer Protection in a report obtained Wednesday by Privacy Daily. “Complaints have not been as forthcoming as anticipated,” it said, but “violations are likely occurring.”
The Free Speech Coalition said it’s weighing legal options as age-verification laws took effect Tuesday in multiple states.
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NetChoice asked a federal court on Monday to consider blocking a Utah age-verification law due to its similarity to a Mississippi age-verification law that was preliminarily enjoined.
NetChoice filed an additional lawsuit against Arkansas late Friday as it attempted to block a pair of measures that would amend the state’s 2023 Social Media Safety Act, which a court ruled unconstitutional in late March following a NetChoice challenge (see 2504010044).
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.