Nebraska
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Youth online safety push produces novel laws, invites litigation
Legislators in Minnesota and New York approved the nation’s first laws mandating surgeon general-style warning labels on social media. New York became the first state to regulate companion chatbots. And bills requiring Apple and Google’s app stores to verify user ages were passed in Louisiana, Texas and Utah.
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A new Nebraska law wants to make social media less addictive for kids
The final bill signed, called the Age-Appropriate Online Design Code Act, will require companies to offer time limits on usage, restrict certain categories of content and provide chronological feeds instead of algorithmic ones that promote infinite scrolling.
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Nebraska to adopt law aimed at curbing kids’ time online
Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen has signed a bill that cracks down on social platforms’ features that could keep kids online for longer.
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Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen Signs Landmark Kids Online Safety-by-Design Legislation
Kids and parents in Nebraska can feel confident today that help is on the way to make the internet safer for young people and hold Big Tech companies accountable for exploiting our kids’ emotions, health, safety and wellbeing – all for profit.
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Pillen signs Adopt the Age-Appropriate Online Design Code Act
Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed a measure into law that will protect minors and their private information on websites and social media. The governor signed LB 504, the age-appropriate online design code act, at the state Capitol Building in Lincoln.