California's State Senate passes an online safety bill for under 18s, requiring services to increase protection for children; Gov. Newsom must approve the bill
The new rules, which would require many online services to increase protections for children, could change how popular social media and game platforms treat minors.
New York Times Natasha Singer
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@accountabletech
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BREAKING: The California State Senate has passed the #CAKidsCode. This is a huge step forward—a first-of-its-kind measure in the U.S. to protect the safety of children and teens online. https://twitter.com/...
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@accountabletech
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California can lead the nation by passing the #CAKidsCode to help protect California's children from addictive and toxic online environments. Read the op-ed from Nancy Kim, a law professor at @ChicagoKentLaw. https://www.latimes.com/...
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Phenomenal news out of CA tonight. The state is leading the country protecting kids' safety online. https://twitter.com/...
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@netchoice
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California lawmakers—especially Gov. Newsom—should reject AB 587, AB 2879, and AB 2273, which are unconstitutional efforts that will fail families online. https://netchoice.org/... #CALeg #privacy
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L. Barrington-Leach
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Today we take a MASSIVE step forward towards the recognition and enforcement of children's established rights in the digital environment! 🎉https://www.nytimes.com/ ...
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Natasha Singer
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This just in: California passes landmark children's online safety bill by a vote of 33 to 0. It's the first U.S. state statute that would require social media, games and other platforms for general audiences to install guardrails for users under 18. https://www.nytimes.com/...
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Carrie Goldberg
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All the section 230 protectionists have been asleep at the wheel while over last couple years, the world has accepted and normalized that these platforms are just products. And must be held to common standards of care.
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Natasha Singer
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good point @cagoldberglaw ... Tech industry lobbying helped kill a California bill that would have allowed parents to sue social media companies for harms to children. The children's online safety bill may not have passed last night if it had included private right of action. htt…
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Carrie Goldberg
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Huge news: Platforms must factor in harms to children in their product design. Or face fines and injunctions by CA AG. Now let's do one in NY with private right of action so kids (and not govt) can sue for harmful design. Wdyt @Sen_Gounardes https://www.nytimes.com/...