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  • Marketplace Tech

    Maryland’s message to Big Tech: Think different.

    The Maryland Age-Appropriate Design Code is meant to safeguard children’s privacy and prevent geotracking and the selling of personal data, according to State Delegate Jared Solomon. “This is really about the algorithms and the way companies are manipulating people with those algorithms,” he says.

  • 1011 Now

    Senators to discuss social media protection bill for kids

    Sen. Carolyn Bosn, who sponsored the bill, said it is designed to protect children’s information and usage rather than restrict content.

  • Upstate Today

    Time for more accountability

    I would like to commend the SC House for passing favorably the H.3431 SC Age Appropriate Design Code Act. It’s time for more accountability for “Big Tech,” especially as it relates to our children.

  • The Minnesota Star Tribune

    The case for social media warning labels

    Big Tech has used its immense lobbying power to stall legislation like the Minnesota Kids Code and the Kids Online Safety Act, prioritizing corporate profits over children’s safety. Meanwhile, the evidence of harm continues to mount: skyrocketing rates of youth mental health struggles, increased suicidal ideation, and the devastating consequences of sextortion, human trafficking and…

  • Pluribus News

    Bauer-Kahan unveils AI kids safety bill in California

    The California Assembly privacy committee chair has introduced first-in-the-nation comprehensive legislation to protect kids from potential harm caused by artificial intelligence.