States Advance Children's Privacy and Social Media Bills
Bills meant to protect kids online advanced in multiple state legislatures this week. On Wednesday, the Vermont Senate unanimously passed a children’s privacy bill (S-289) requiring an age-appropriate design code. It will go to the House. The same day in…
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Illinois, the House Consumer Protection Committee voted 9-0 to advance a kids’ social media bill (HB-5380) that would require large social media platforms to make application programming interfaces (API) available so that third-party software providers can create tools for parents to manage their children’s activity on the platform. And in Alabama, the Senate Judiciary Committee cleared the House-passed HB-164 with a short amendment. The bill would require a reasonable age-verification method to restrict those younger than 18 from accessing pornographic websites. On Tuesday, Alabama’s Senate Fiscal Responsibility Committee cleared a privacy bill (SB-213) that would require data brokers to register with the state. A Pennsylvania House committee that day advanced a social media bill requiring age verification (see 2403190050).