The Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday approved legislation that would restrict children’s social media use and targeted ads, despite concerns about data privacy and free speech (see 2502040047).
BrightData opposed X Corp’s motion to dismiss the data-scraping company's counterclaims in a copyright case Tuesday at the U.S. District Court of Northern California. BrightData alleged that the social media platform’s attempts to remove rights of the public to access and scrape public portions of the web are anticompetitive conduct.
State senators passed multiple updates to the Virginia Consumer Data Privacy Act (VCDPA) on Monday.
The Senate Commerce Committee expects to pass legislation banning social media use for children younger than 13 during Wednesday’s markup, Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and committee members told us Tuesday.
NetChoice fired back at the Mississippi Attorney General Friday for attempting to reverse a preliminary injunction on a children’s online safety law, arguing that the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in NetChoice v. Paxton has no bearing on an ongoing case in the state. AG Lynn Fitch (R) on Wednesday filed a letter to the 5th U.S. Circuit urging that it rule against an injunction, as it did in the Paxton case.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) on Friday issued a ban against using social media apps and artificial intelligence affiliated with the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party on government-issued devices.
Social media networks have adopted between 44% and 76.5% of practices recommended for complying with the General Data Protection Regulation's data subject access rules, French privacy watchdog CNIL said Thursday in an unofficial translation.
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti (R) filed a response Wednesday to NetChoice’s renewed plea for the U.S. District Court of Middle Tennessee to issue a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction on a kids social media bill.
Days after winning a temporary injunction, NetChoice filed a brief Thursday in its appeal of the U.S. District Court for Northern California’s ruling that partially granted and partially denied the association’s motion for preliminary injunction on a law regulating addictive social media feeds for minors. While on Tuesday the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals enjoined Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) from enforcing the law while the appeal is pending (see 2501280074), the brief asked the 9th Circuit to “reverse those parts of the district court’s order denying a preliminary injunction” entirely.
The Senate Commerce Committee scheduled a Feb. 5 markup for the Kids Off Social Media Act and several other items, Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, announced Wednesday, as expected (see 2501240040).