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  • WTTG FOX 5 DC

    Maryland Kids Code

    The #MDKidsCode would require tech companies to design their products with young people’s safety and privacy in mind. If passed, the bill would subject tech platforms to regular safety assessments to ensure they’re defaulting to the highest privacy settings, limiting the sale of kids’ data, and more to prevent the spread of harmful content.

  • WRC NBC 4 Washington

    Maryland Kids Code

    The #MDKidsCode would require tech companies to design their products in the best interests of their youngest users. This bill would limit the spread prevent algorithmically-amplified harmful content and limit sale of their data. Supporters of the bill say dangerous features that keep young people scrolling fuels content promoting self-harm and enables cyberbullying.

  • KSTP 5 Eyewitness News

    Minnesota Kids Code

    Minnesota state legislators consider a new bill called the Minnesota Kids Code that’s designed to make technology safer for kids and to protect their privacy.

  • FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul

    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…

  • Newsmakers

    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.