Design Codes

  • Kids Code Coalition Applauds California Governor’s Signature of Key Youth Online Safety Protections

    The Kids Code Coalition today applauded California Governor Gavin Newsom’s signature of AB 2246, which strengthens California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code, and AB 1709, which prohibits addictive design features for users under 16.

  • The New York Times

    California’s Governor Signs Landmark

    Senate Bill 1119 creates new regulations for chatbot use, including parental controls, notifications if children disable safety settings and a crisis protocol for queries about suicide. Assembly Bill 1709 prohibits social media platforms from offering addictive features such as infinite scroll and autoplay videos to users under 16.

  • NorthJersey.com

    Washington does not protect our kids from Big Tech. NJ will

    I signed the Kids Code Act, which sets the nation’s strongest safety and privacy design standards for social media platforms. The law requires companies to rebuild their platforms with kids’ best interests in mind. From now on, these platforms must restrict features designed to keep kids constantly engaged and default their accounts to the highest…

  • WHYY

    New Jersey moves to stop social media companies from targeting kids with addictive algorithms that keep them scrolling

    When New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill was running for office last year, she made children’s online safety a central part of her campaign platform. On her first day in office, she signed an executive order that created the Office of Youth Online Mental Health Safety and Awareness to coordinate efforts within state government to keep…

  • Click on Detroit

    States take Meta to trial over claims social media harms children

    [MiPASS] has thrown its support behind the Kids Over Clicks package of bills, which has already passed the Michigan Senate. The legislation would ban tech companies from using minors’ personal data to curate their feeds, make AI chatbots inaccessible to children and force big tech companies to be more accountable.