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New Jersey’s Kids Code Rejects Age Checks. It Puts the Burden on Platforms Instead.
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed a children’s internet regulation package into law last week. The most impactful of the three-law package will likely be the Kids Code Act that sets children’s safety standards for online service platforms, bans targeted advertising to minors and requires increased parental control tools.
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New Jersey Just Told Big Tech How to Build Apps for Kids. It Has Until 2027 to Comply.
New Jersey has put one of the strictest sets of rules in the country on how technology companies handle children’s accounts. Governor Mikie Sherrill signed a package of three bills on Tuesday covering data collection, platform design and research into how social media affects young users, and the centerpiece does not take effect until September…
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N.J. just passed 3 laws to protect kids from ‘addictive’ social media — here’s what they do
“Big Tech isn’t just the big tobacco of our era. They are worse. They’ve designed platforms that hijack our kids’ attention spans,” Sherrill said as she signed the legislation at the Boys & Girls Club of Hudson County in Jersey City.
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New Jersey signs act to limit social media addiction for children
New Jersey is now taking new steps to protect children from online harm, as Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed the “New Jersey Kids Code Act,” which will force platforms to make children’s accounts harder to find, set default privacy settings to the highest level for minors, and feature content meant to keep young users constantly engaged.
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Sherrill signs kids’ online safety package to regulate & research social media in N.J.
Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) signed a kids’ online safety package to regulate and research social media in New Jersey to support youth mental health at a press conference at the Boys & Girls Club of Hudson County in Jersey City late this morning.