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Schumacher: Calling for Vermont Kids Code
If I, a pediatrician who’d taken every in-app precaution to protect my child online, couldn’t do so, what did that mean for other families in Vermont? And in the nation at large?
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Online protection bills for kids pass in Maryland House, Senate — but Big Tech companies continue their fight
Bills that would limit how much data can be harvested from kids online passed overwhelmingly in their respective chambers in Annapolis, Maryland, but there are signs that opponents aren’t finished objecting to the measures.
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Md., Vt. advance youth data privacy bills
The Maryland House and Senate last week passed separate Age-Appropriate Design Code bills on unanimous votes. The Vermont Senate on Tuesday advanced on a unanimous vote a revised version of the model legislation, which also needs sign-off in the House.
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Big tech won’t be able to track kids’ data in Maryland under new bill
Maryland’s legislature unanimously endorsed a bill Thursday aimed at bolstering children’s online security, putting the state on track to become the second in the nation that strictly limits what data technology companies may gather on minors.
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Maryland could be among the first to have an online ‘Kids Code’
Concern for the safety and privacy of young people online is prompting a wave of legislation in several states. In Annapolis, The Maryland Kids Code could become among the nation’s first laws dictating how social media companies design and sell their products to young people.