A federal judge issues a preliminary injunction blocking Virginia from enforcing a new law restricting children's social media use, on First Amendment grounds
A federal judge on Friday blocked Virginia from enforcing a new law that aimed to protect children from being addicted to social media …
A federal judge issues a preliminary injunction blocking Virginia from enforcing a new law restricting children's social media use, on First Amendment grounds
A federal judge on Friday blocked Virginia from enforcing a new law that aimed to protect children from being addicted to social media …
A federal judge issues a preliminary injunction blocking Virginia from enforcing a new law restricting children's social media use, on First Amendment grounds
A federal judge on Friday blocked Virginia from enforcing a new law that aimed to protect children from being addicted to social media …
YouTube now lets parents set time limits on their kids' YouTube Shorts feed, ranging from 15 minutes to two hours; an option for zero minutes is coming soon
Parents will also be able to manually create and adjust child and teen accounts on YouTube.
The European Commission drops plans to impose a digital tax on tech giants in its upcoming 2028-2034 budget proposal, amid ongoing EU-US trade negotiations
After seeing Trump escalate with 🇨🇦 after Carney retaliated against 🇺🇸, it appears our president here in Europe has decided to preemptively surrender. — When will this continent ...
The Senate Commerce Committee approves the Kids Off Social Media Act to ban under-13s from social media, clearing the way for consideration by the full Senate
The Senate Commerce Committee approved legislation Wednesday to ban children under 13 from social media.
Donald Trump signs an EO ending “federal censorship” of online platforms, and directs the AG to investigate if the Biden admin censored US citizens' free speech
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... [image] Ryan Goodman / @rgoodlaw : This Executive Order appears to be the executive branch taking up the work of Jim Jordan's weaponization of g...
Tech trade groups NetChoice and TechNet sue CFPB for its efforts to regulate digital payment apps like Apple Pay, Google Wallet, and Venmo more like banks
Today, NetChoice joined @TechNetUpdate in a new lawsuit to protect consumers, businesses and innovation from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau [image] Chris Marchese / @chri...
The US House Committee on Energy and Commerce advanced KOSA and COPPA 2.0 on a voice vote despite discontent from some lawmakers over last-minute changes
The proposed laws passed on a voice vote despite discontent over last-minute changes to KOSA, in particular, that were aimed at quelling persistent criticism.
The US DOJ's case against Google's ad business may benefit Meta, Amazon, and news organizations that pay Google a cut of revenue for brokering their website ads
Federal prosecutors are seeking a divestment of Google's multibillion-dollar online advertising business, saying its monopoly power harms advertisers and publishers.
A US appeals court largely upholds a ruling blocking the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, finding parts of the law likely violate the First Amendment
making decisions based on evidence, not claims.https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Nora Benavidez / @attorneynora : Breaking news: the Ninth Circuit just ruled that California Age ...
A US appeals court largely upholds a ruling blocking the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, finding parts of the law likely violate the First Amendment
The court found key parts of the landmark law probably violate the First Amendment, largely siding with an industry challenge.
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says the Senate will take up the Kids Online Safety Act this week, signaling there's enough support among his colleagues
including children. The Senate should say NO to bills that undermine online privacy like KOSA. https://netchoice.org/... [image] Oma Seddiq / @omaseddiq : .@SenSchumer gets visibly...
A US judge temporarily blocked a new Mississippi law that would require age verification for all and parental consent for teens to join some social networks
or access to it. “To give government that power,” warns the Supreme Court, “is to enable it to control the expression of ideas.” Thankfully, “that is what the First Amendment pro...
In its lawsuit, the US DOJ alleges CarPlay lets Apple exert too much control over the auto industry; some analysts say the DOJ may be misunderstanding CarPlay
Buried in the 88-page antitrust lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice against Apple is a reference to everyone's favorite phone-projection system, CarPlay.
The US DOJ sues Apple, alleging the company blocked its competitors from accessing iPhone features, made switching to non-Apple devices more difficult, and more
In 2010, a top Apple executive emailed Apple's then-CEO about an ad for the new Kindle e-reader. TechCrunch : TechCrunch Minute: Breaking down the Apple iPhone antitrust lawsuit fr...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoes what would have been one of the US' most restrictive bans on minors' social media use, says he is working on an alternative
Today, @GovRonDeSantis vetoed HB 1, a bill that if implemented would have created an ID for the internet, replaced parents with government and Silicon Valley, and represented... Ti...
A US federal judge blocks Ohio from implementing a law that would require social media companies to obtain parental consent for kids under 16 to use their apps
This matter is before this Court on Plaintiff NetChoice, LLC's ("NetChoice") … Krista Chavez / NetChoice : NetChoice Halts Ohio Law: 4th Ruling Stopping Laws That Fail Kids, Parent...
Ahead of a US Senate hearing, Mark Zuckerberg calls for requiring Apple and Google to verify ages via app stores; Linda Yaccarino and Evan Spiegel support KOSA
Heads of Meta and X are among five social media chief executives to face Congress grilling — The chief executives of five …
Tech group NetChoice, representing TikTok, Meta, X, and others, sues Utah over its laws requiring kids and teens to obtain parental consent to use social media
A trade group that represents TikTok and other major tech companies sued Utah on Monday over its first-in-the-nation laws requiring children …