Governments and regulators around the world are racing to introduce legislation, with both the UK’s Online Safety Bill and the EU’s Digital Services Act compelling social media companies to shield children from harmful content. In the US, a new federal proposal, the Kids Online Safety...
Legislators said the law is designed to protect children from sexually explicit material. “It is not lost on the Court the seriousness of the issue the legislature was attempting to address, nor does the Court doubt the good intentions behind the enactment of (the law),” Ozderen wrote. ...
This regime sometimes leads to whack-a-mole problems because the content keeps on reappearing on these platforms. To fight this issue, the Government has obligated significant social media intermediaries to deploy automated tools so that infringing content can be filtered. The courts are also issuing...
Sensitive personal information: This updates the definition of personal information. Certain types of information, like a consumer’s Social Security number, must be treated with special protections. The CPRA also: Increased fines for breaches of children’s data threefold ...
Learning is strengthened when associated with a pleasant or satisfying feeling. Learning is more likely to happen again in the future. Learning is weakened when associated with an unpleasant feeling, becoming less likely for learning to occur again in the future. Learners will try to avoid...
under 18, not under 13 like the COPPA or other laws involving children’s data. 7.Registration Formalities and Prior Approval 7.1 Is there a legal obligation on businesses to register with or notify the data protection authority (or any other governmental body) in respect of its processing ...
"information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household." Canada: PIPEDA Section 2 (1) of Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)...
However, the attorney representing the complainant, Theodore Frank, says the new laws overreach and are designed to “force social media companies to censor and harass people.” “I’m not familiar with the Alabama law. On the other hand, the governor of Alabama had hasn’t threatened our cl...
“addictive feed” as a significant part of its services. An addictive feed refers to a feature that recommends, selects, or prioritizes user-generated or user-shared media to a user based on data associated with the user or the user’s device. The SAFE Act imposes requirements on covered...
Just a couple of weeks ago, a special panel of Georgia state senators convened to study potential laws aimed at keeping firearms safely locked up and out of the hands of children.