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New Jersey moves to stop social media companies from targeting kids with addictive algorithms that keep them scrolling
When New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill was running for office last year, she made children’s online safety a central part of her campaign platform. On her first day in office, she signed an executive order that created the Office of Youth Online Mental Health Safety and Awareness to coordinate efforts within state government to keep…
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New Jersey minors get social media shield to limit Big Tech’s reach
Social media platforms will face a bevy of restrictions in New Jersey that limit their use of children’s data, restrict algorithmic content recommendations to minors and block notifications during school hours, among a range of others.
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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.