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Minnesota Kids Code
Several Minnesota state legislators are announcing a new effort to protect kids online with the Minnesota Kids Code. State Senator Erin Maye Quade explains how this bill does not seek to moderate content on the internet, but rather, get to protecting kids on the internet from companies using their data to push them towards harmful…
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Rep. Kristin Bahner Explains Age Appropriate Design Code
Rep. Kristin Bahner (DFL-Maple Grove) authored the Age Appropriate Design Code bill in the Minnesota Legislature that promotes safe and healthy data privacy for children. “We’ve looked through the lens of child safety when we’ve developed everything from car seats and cribs to motor vehicles, but we’ve never applied that to online settings,” Bahner said.
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Vermont Kids Code pushes for internet safety
A new bill is pushing for greater protections for kids online in the Vermont state legislature this session. We talk to the co-sponsors of this legislation about why this matters right now.
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How many more kids will be victimized before we make the digital world safer for them?
As briefly satisfying as it may have been to watch some Big Tech CEOs squirm under a bipartisan grilling from the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday — including an outright apology from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to parents who say social media contributed to their child’s exploitation and, in some cases, death — it’s also…
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Kids Code Comes Back
en. George K. Muñoz, D-Gallup, has re-introduced the Age Appropriate Design Code Act bill this year: Senate Bill 68. Also known as The New Mexico Kids Code, this New Mexico bill would require tech companies that provide online products and services to operate with strict data privacy designed to prevent children’s personal data from being…