Vermont
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Congress’ tech plate is full, with little time at the table
In the absence of federal legislation, more than a dozen states have enacted data privacy laws, and more are in the pipeline.
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Battle lines drawn as US states take on big tech with online child safety bills
Nine states are hashing out bills to protect minors online. Tech companies are fighting the laws with everything they’ve got.
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High School Student Advocates for Vermont Kids Code
As a junior at Mount Mansfield Union High School, I’ve witnessed my generation struggle to navigate an uncharted digital world we were thrust into from a young age with little guidance. We’ve become the unintentional guinea pigs for the tech products designed to keep us perpetually plugged in and constantly online – and we feel…
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Vermont Kids Code Advocates Call for Action at House Hearings
The Vermont House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development held its first two hearings yesterday and today on the Vermont Kids Code, a nation-leading effort to protect children and their data online introduced by Rep. Monique Priestley as H.712.
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Schumacher: Calling for Vermont Kids Code
If I, a pediatrician who’d taken every in-app precaution to protect my child online, couldn’t do so, what did that mean for other families in Vermont? And in the nation at large?