Design Codes

  • 7 News

    Social media platforms face deadline with new South Carolina law to keep kids safe

    Social media companies operating in South Carolina face a deadline on July 1 to submit safety audits as required by a new law designed to protect children online. This legislation aims to ensure platforms implement guidelines that consider the mental health and safety of minor users.

  • Pluribus News

    N.J. passes one of the strongest Kids Code laws to protect minors online

    New Jersey lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to a package of online protections for minors that were priorities for first-year Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill. The bills included the adoption of an Age-Appropriate Design Code, the creation of a university-based Social Media Research Center, and a study of the impact “addictive” social media has on youth…

  • New Jersey Legislature Sends Kids Code Social Media Protections to Governor’s Desk

    New Jersey Kids Code Coalition advocates celebrated as the New Jersey Kids Code (A4015) secured final passage by the state legislature alongside bills to create social media mental health warning labels and a new state social media research observatory, sending the bills to Governor Mikie Sherrill’s desk.

  • New Jersey Senate Committee Passes Kids Code with Decisive Vote

    New Jersey Kids Code Coalition advocates celebrated as the New Jersey Kids Code (S3413) passed the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee with a decisive vote of three Senators in favor and one opposed.

  • Michigan Advance

    Logging off: How Michigan is prioritizing ‘Kids Over Clicks’

    For Michigan’s children and teenagers, the consequences of that calculated design are impossible to ignore, and for the Michigan Kids Code Coalition, they are unacceptable to tolerate.