Kids online safety hits a legal and political breaking point in the US
The effort to regulate children’s online safety in the United States has entered one of its most fractured and legally…
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Washington’s online safety push collides with big tech and fracturing Congress
The sprint to reassert control over children’s online safety entered a volatile new phase this week. Lawmakers advanced a sweeping…
US lawmakers debate slate of kids online safety legislation
A subcommittee of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee today interrogated an extensive list of proposed online safety laws…
Google endorses landmark US privacy bill protecting kids and teens
In a notable development for digital privacy advocacy, Google has formally endorsed the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act,…
Bipartisan push heats up to salvage kids’ privacy bill before new Congress is seated
Last week, Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn, Democrat Sen. Richard Blumenthal, and a legion of supporters of the stalled-out Kids Online…
Kid’s privacy bills passed by US Senate; House path unclear
The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed in a decisive 93 to 1 vote two landmark bipartisan bills that represent the first…
Age assurance and children’s data privacy regulations come with endless complexity
Privacy regulation is “an incredibly complex regulatory landscape,” says Claire Quinn, chief data privacy officer for Privo, in a panel…
Lawmakers paint grim picture of US data privacy in defending APRA
The U.S. Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce is marking up proposed legislation – and taking names. In remarks opening…
Battle over age verification heats up in increasingly censorious US
Depending on the point of view, online life in the United States is either marching toward safety for children or…
