Kentucky filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Roblox for allegedly creating an environment where children are exploited, joining the ranks of several other states that are suing the gaming platform.
Mobile app stores and developers could soon face private lawsuits under a Texas age-verification law coming into effect on Jan. 1, Womble Bond privacy attorney Tyler Bridegan blogged Tuesday.
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A Florida law that would ban kids from social media doesn't violate the First Amendment, said Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) in a brief filed Friday that asks a federal court to reverse a preliminary injunction on the law.
The recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court not to block Mississippi’s social-media law from taking effect (see 2508140048) means that a similar Tennessee law should not be blocked, either, argued Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti (R) on Friday.
The head of a tech association blamed age-verification mandates for a Discord data breach Sept. 20 that exposed the personal information and some government ID images of its users.
A Georgia law that would require age verification and parental consent for minors to create social media accounts is not content-based nor does it violate the First Amendment, said a bipartisan coalition of 31 states in an amicus brief Wednesday at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The U.K. government has no plans to ban virtual private networks (VPNs) despite a surge in users downloading them to circumvent age verification and estimation rules under the Online Safety Act (OSA), a government spokesperson said.
Ohio senators on Tuesday weighed whether a bill requiring age verification at the app store level, or one that features age verification by app stores and developers, would better protect kids online.
NetChoice urged California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to veto several bills as the tech trade group hopes it can convince state legislators to “relent in their seemingly inexhaustible desire to police speech and regulate sources of expression.”