Industry and consumer advocates have weighed in on nearly 20 kids privacy and safety bills set for a subcommittee hearing Tuesday in the House Commerce Committee (see 2511250080). In written testimony posted over the weekend, some witnesses additionally warned the lawmakers against inadvertently weakening privacy protections in an effort to promote online safety.
Missouri age-verification rules take effect Sunday. They require “reasonable age verification methods” to check that users are at least 18. Any website with at least one-third of material that might be harmful to minors is covered. Violations cost up to $10,000 per day.
NetChoice asked a federal court Friday to approve a preliminary injunction against a Virginia social media law amending the state's privacy statute. The motion comes just days after the trade association sued the state over the amendment, which would require that social media platforms conduct age verification and set a one-hour daily limit for users younger than 16, unless they obtain parental consent for more time (see 2511170060).
Age verification is “a wave that keeps coming," in part because there are many options for doing it, said Amy Lawrence, chief privacy officer at adtech company SuperAwesome, on a Squire Patton webinar about app store age verification.
Teens and parents in a small sample preferred parent-led, flexible and transparent design approaches to social media safety features over stricter, one-size-fits-all policies, particularly age verification, according to a report by the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) published Wednesday.
Texas gives no good reason for a federal court to uphold the state’s app store age-verification law, the Computer & Communications Industry Association said Thursday.
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AI chatbots create privacy risks, and Congress should explore data-protection obligations, House Commerce Committee Republicans and Democrats said during a House Oversight Subcommittee hearing Tuesday.
Regulators enforcing AI laws could be drawn to investigations of companies based on what type of data they collect, regardless of the organization’s size, said Metaverse Law founder Lily Li on a webinar Monday.
NetChoice sued Virginia on Monday over a social media law amending the state's privacy statute. The measure under challenge amended the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act to require that social media platforms conduct age verification and set a one-hour daily time limit for users younger than 16, unless a parent consents for additional time.