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Privacy bills survive E&C subcommittee
Axios· 3 days agoThe American Privacy Rights Act and the Kids Online Safety Act advanced Thursday out of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee markup, despite members...
Social media regulation’s diverse foes
Politico· 6 days agoSens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) blame an “army of lawyers and lobbyists” from “big tech behemoths” for standing in the...
Social media regulation advances
Politico· 2 days agoLegislation to regulate social media to protect kids’ mental health advanced in a House subcommittee on Thursday, adding new momentum to a measure backed...
Kids Safety Bill Moves Forward In House
MediaPost· 3 days agoA subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday advanced the proposed Kids Online Safety Act, a controversial proposal to regulate how social media platforms display material ...
Parents push Schumer to protect kids online
Politico· 6 days agoWith Carmen Paun and Alice Miranda Ollstein PARENTS VS. THEIR KIDS’ SOCIAL MEDIA — A coalition of parents’ groups is lobbying Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to hold a vote on the Kids ...
Kids Safety Bill Still Poses Censorship Threat, Civil Rights Groups Say
MediaPost· 6 days agoCivil liberties groups are calling for additional revisions to the proposed Kids Online Safety Act, arguing that the current version of the bill could result in censorship and also threaten ...
Redefining the Digital Playground: A Crusade for Youth Safety in Social Media
Unite.ai· 5 days agoThe recent Senate hearings on social media were both acrimonious and compelling. Senators faced CEOs from major companies such as Meta, X, TikTok, Snap, and Discord posing tough questions and ...
Congress eyes new online privacy bills ahead of 2024 elections
NBC News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoKey Republicans and Democrats in Congress see a window to pass sweeping online privacy legislation...
Hochul urges lawmakers to approve youth mental health bills
The Center Square· 3 days agoThe "Stop Addictive Feeds Exploration for Kids" or "SAFE" Act calls for restricting social media's...
Speaking Freely: Ethan Zuckerman
Electronic Frontier Foundations· 5 days agoEthan Zuckerman is a professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he teaches Public Policy, Communication and Information. York: What...
