ZwillGenCompanies that have paused their Age-Appropriate Design Code compliance efforts will have to pick the pen back up. South Carolina enacts an immediately effective AADC and California's Ninth Circuit vacated, in part, the injunction against the CA AADC.
TechdirtNinth Circuit Guts California’s Kids Code Once Again
Olives#Vermont sneaking their "#AADC" (like #KOSA, it tackles "harms" to "children" in vague ways which are likely to chill speech) into another #privacy bill is very concerning. #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech
https://web.archive.org/web/20240218013044/https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2024/S.289 #KOSA-like censorship bill introduced in Vermont. #AADC
It appears Maryland and Vermont are having legislative hearings on an #AADC (a censorious and unconstitutional bill which tackles vague "harms" to minors).
CCIAProposals aiming to protect children online took on many iterations in 2023, including through models like the #AADC, age verification, parental consent, & prohibiting the use of “addictive” algorithms.
A Growing Movement: Tracking the Rise of State Legislative Action on Children’s Online Safety - Disruptive Competition Project
Reflecting on the 2023 session, children’s online safety stood out as a predominant focus among legislators. Proposals aiming to protect children online took
CA's #AADC has now been introduced in at least similar form in several other states. Considerable concerns about the policy include whether & how 3rd-party age verification vendors/digital services themselves collect or retain personal data.
Learn more:
https://ccianet.org/library/2023-childrens-online-safety-state-legislative-landscape/
While legal challenges to CA’s #AADC did not deter other states like MD, MN, NM, & NJ from introducing similar proposals, no other state has successfully passed a law like it.
Learn more about state #tech policy trends in 2023 & predictions for 2024:
https://ccianet.org/library/2023-childrens-online-safety-state-legislative-landscape/
California’s #AADC contains a number of broad prohibitions for covered organizations — restricting businesses from collecting, selling, sharing, or retaining any personal information for most purposes.
Learn more about the state #DataPrivacy measure here:
https://www.project-disco.org/privacy/netchoice-v-bonta-first-amendment-challenges-to-age-gating-mandates/
