The Australian Information Commissioner advised taking a privacy-by-design approach in guidance for conducting age assurance under a social media kids ban taking effect Dec. 10.
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Social media platforms are facing intense scrutiny over how they collect, share and monetize user data. As new state and federal laws focus on age verification, parental controls and transparency requirements, social media companies face legal risks around algorithmic targeting, third-party tracking and children's safety. This page follows key legislation, investigations and lawsuits shaping privacy practices for major social platforms.
More than 30 state attorneys general on Friday filed a brief with the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals supporting Tennessee’s age-verification law.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed an age-verification bill and other measures aimed at protecting kids online, pleasing consumer advocates while raising the possibility of a NetChoice lawsuit. However, the Democrat also disappointed some advocates and pleased NetChoice over the holiday weekend by vetoing an AI chatbot bill.
Age-restricted social media platforms are "on notice" that they must comply with Australia's strict minimum age scheme, which takes effect Dec. 10, Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind warned Friday.
A Mississippi law that requires parental consent for those younger than 18 to create accounts with certain digital service providers poses significant privacy concerns and violates the First Amendment, according to a horde of amicus briefs filed Thursday. The briefs asked the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to side with NetChoice and strike down the Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act.
A U.S.-based company that scraps the web for images of people and sells them to clients tells Privacy Daily it will appeal a Wednesday decision from a U.K. panel that ruled its activities violate its citizens' privacy.
An Ohio state representative questioned Google’s intentions for supporting an age-verification bill (HB-302) at a House Judiciary Committee hearing livestreamed Wednesday.
Businesses should expect an increase in universal opt-out preference signals (OOPS) after California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill Wednesday that requires all web browsers to support the functionality (see 2510080036), said Tom Kemp, California Privacy Protection Agency executive director. The CPPA and regulators in other states are checking if companies are honoring such requests, Kemp warned in an interview Wednesday. Newsom signed AB-566 and two other privacy bills earlier in the day.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed universal opt-out legislation and two other privacy bills Wednesday.
A federal judge Tuesday declined to dismiss a case over the constitutionality of a Florida law that would ban kids from social media (case 4:24-cv-00438).