TikTok's transfer of Europeans' personal data to China violated the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced Friday. It fined the social media platform $600 million (530 million euros) and ordered it to clean up its act within six months or face suspension of its data transfers to China. TikTok said it will appeal.
Tennessee's attorney general told a federal district court Thursday that a case about an Ohio law requiring age verification is wrong and dissimilar from one before it concerning a Tennessee age-verification law. AG Jonathan Skrmetti (R) urged the court to ignore the decision in NetChoice v. Yost and deny a preliminary injunction against his state's law.
NetChoice sued Georgia on Thursday over a 2024 law aimed at protecting kids on social media, alleging it violates the First Amendment and poses digital safety and security risks.
A possible Vermont version of Daniel’s Law (H-342) is “not dead, but it is not moving,” state Rep. Monique Priestley (D) said Thursday on Vermont Perspective, a radio show on WDEV. After the show, Priestley told us in a phone interview that another piece of legislation, her comprehensive privacy bill, remains “very much in play.”
Meta is building a capability called Private Processing for the messaging app WhatsApp, giving customers the option of using AI to process messages in a secure cloud environment that no one, including the social media and messaging platforms, can access.
Following Monday's brief asking a district court to alter or amend its ruling that permanently enjoined Arkansas' social media safety act, Tim Griffin (R), the state's attorney general, filed a notice of appeal in case 23-05105 to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
A bill to ban Texas kids younger than 18 from using social media received overwhelming support Wednesday in the state House. Lawmakers voted 116-25 for HB-186. The bill will now go to the Senate.
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin (R) asked the U.S. District Court for Western Arkansas Monday to alter or amend its ruling that permanently enjoined a state social media safety act, claiming the court lacks authority to abolish a law, only block enforcement of it.
The Texas House supported requiring social media warning labels by a 105-40 margin on Monday. The House passed HB-499, sending it to the Senate. At a hearing on the bill last month, a Texas House committee agreed that social media contributes to a youth mental health crisis (see 2503170017).
The Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) co-filed a reply brief with NetChoice Monday, doubling down on their motion for a preliminary injunction against a Florida law that prohibits kids 13 and younger from creating social media accounts and requires parental consent for 14- and 15-year-olds to create them. The associations allege the 2024 law violates the First Amendment and puts cybersecurity and privacy risks on state residents.