Minnesota

  • 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.

  • Sen. Maye Quade, Rep. Bahner, Kids Code Coalition to Announce Revitalized Youth Online Safety Bill

    The Minnesota Kids Code Coalition will host a virtual press briefing this Friday, February 9 at 10:00 AM with sponsors Senator Erin Maye Quade and Representative Kristin Bahner to announce a revitalized effort to pass the Minnesota Kids Code.

  • POLITICO

    States get serious about limiting kids’ social media exposure

    An increasing number of states are moving to require social media companies to create child-safe versions of their sites as Washington struggles with how to shield kids.

  • FOX 9

    Law would restrict social media platforms use of children’s data

    Modeled after a law passed in California, a bill likely to come before the Minnesota Legislature this session would place restrictions on businesses that offer online products or services that collect the data of child users.

  • Washington Post

    States looking to 2024 to pass revised kids’ online safety bills

    A group of state legislators and children’s safety advocates are planning a renewed campaign to import British digital safeguards for kids into the United States as they look to ward off legal challenges from the tech industry.