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SC lawmakers consider enacting online protections for children
One bill advancing in the House of Representatives, the “South Carolina Social Media Regulation Act,” targets social media sites and apps. It would…prohibit adults from messaging minors on social media unless they are already connected, and expand parental controls over minors’ social media accounts.
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Nebraska Kids Code Coalition Applauds Committee Passage of the Age-Appropriate Online Design Code
The Nebraska Kids Code Coalition today applauded the Senate Banking, Commerce & Insurance Committee’s advancement of Nebraska Senator Carolyn Bosn’s LB504, the Age-Appropriate Online Design Code Act, by a vote of 7-0-1.
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Kids Code Coalition Members Applaud New York Social Media Bills, State’s Ongoing Kids Online Safety Leadership
Members of the Kids Code Coalition applauded Senator Andrew Gounardes’s introduction today of the New York Social Media Warning Label Act, which joins the New York Children’s Online Safety Act in representing a major opportunity to advance groundbreaking design-based kids’ online safety legislation.
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Advocates Express Outrage as Big Tech Sues to Stop Online Protections for Kids in Maryland
Today, members of the Maryland Kids Code Coalition expressed their outrage in response to a lawsuit filed by NetChoice, a trade association representing major tech companies including Meta, Google, Amazon and Snap, aimed at blocking the implementation of the Maryland Kids Code, landmark legislation to provide stronger online protections for children and teens.
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Online Safety Bills Spread to Seven States
Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Illinois, Nebraska, New Mexico, Michigan, Minnesota, South Carolina, and Vermont have introduced or will introduce age-appropriate design codes, the Kids Code Coalition announced ahead of a Monday legislative committee hearing on the Nebraska bill (L.B. 504).
Prioritizing the safety and wellbeing of young people online