2024-10-04
Regarding the Texas v. TikTok lawsuit, is anyone actually aware of a commercially reasonable (or any at all) method to verify a parent's relationship to a child online? My understanding is that Family Accounts for services are all based on self-attestation or opting in. [image]
The Texas Tribune
Texas AG Ken Paxton sues TikTok for allegedly violating a new state law by sharing and selling minors' personal info without parental consent; TikTok denies it
CAUSE NO. ___________ STATE OF TEXAS, ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ) … Sebastian Pier / PhoneArena : Texas sues TikTok, accusing platform of mishandling children'...
2023-02-04
Substitute bill for Utah HB 311 (Social Media Regulation) passed out of committee with a favorable recommendation: https://le.utah.gov/... Lots of public comment was on the privacy concerns, and the bill sponsor says he will continue to work on the data privacy concerns raised.
Techdirt
Utah lawmakers are fast tracking two bills that would require social media companies to age verify users, grant parents access to their kids' accounts, and more
The evidence-free moral panic over social media keeps getting stupider, and when things get particularly stupid about the internet …
it's 8pm on a friday so i am not doing a detailed analysis but one of the big changes that stuck out to me was that “acceptable forms of identification” (ex: ID) was removed and establishing “acceptable forms or methods of identification” would be worked out in later rulemaking
Techdirt
Utah lawmakers are fast tracking two bills that would require social media companies to age verify users, grant parents access to their kids' accounts, and more
The evidence-free moral panic over social media keeps getting stupider, and when things get particularly stupid about the internet …