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03.14.2024Kids Online Safety Act Gains Momentum in the SenateBlogsLast month, Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) reintroduced the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), initially introduced last term, noting that the bill now has 62 cosponsors, bipartisan support, and is poised to pass in the Senate.
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02.05.2024Online Safety Risk Assessments Have Arrived: Five Steps for Building a Globally Adaptable ProcessUpdatesSafety risk assessments are becoming a preferred regulatory tool around the world. Online safety laws in Australia, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States will require a range of providers to evaluate the safety and user-generated content risks associated with their online services.
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11.03.2023UK Online Safety Act Becomes Law: What To Expect NextUpdatesLast week, the UK’s Online Safety Bill received royal assent and became law. With this development, Ofcom, the regulator for the new Online Safety Act, has published a roadmap to explain how the Act will be implemented over the next two years.
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10.19.2023California Law Requires Platforms To Take More Action Against Child Sexual ExploitationBlogsCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed AB 1394, a law that imposes new obligations on social media platforms to prevent and combat child sexual abuse and exploitation.
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10.17.2023Generative AI: How Existing Regulation May Apply to AI-Generated Harmful ContentBlogsAmong the many open questions about large-language models (LLMs) and generative artificial intelligence (AI) are the legal risks that may result from AI-generated content.
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09.21.2023UK Parliament Passes a Sweeping and Controversial Online Safety BillBlogsThe UK Online Safety Bill was passed by Parliament earlier this week and is expected to soon become law through royal assent.
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09.15.2023Global Online Safety Regulators Issue Statement on Human Rights and Online Safety RegulationBlogsThe Global Online Safety Regulators Network (Network) issued a position statement on human rights and online safety regulation on September 13, 2023.
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07.14.2023Florida Enacts “Digital Bill of Rights” Combining Narrowly Applicable “Comprehensive” Privacy Provisions and More Broadly Applicable Restrictions on Children’s Privacy and Social Media RestrictionsBlogsOn June 6, 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 262 into law.
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06.16.2023Mississippi Passes Bill Requiring Edtech Providers To Moderate ContentBlogsA new law in Mississippi will require vendors that offer digital resources in Mississippi schools to have content safety policies and moderation practices in place.
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06.15.2023Texas Becomes Latest State to Address Kids’ Privacy and Safety OnlineBlogsTexas has become the latest state to impose age-related privacy and safety restrictions on online service providers, joining Arkansas, California, Florida, and Utah. Signed by Governor Greg Abbott on June 13, 2023, the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act is scheduled to go into effect on September 1, 2024, and will require digital service providers to “register” the age of potential users at account creation and implement a series of privacy and safety controls for known minors.
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04.19.2023Arkansas Becomes Second State To Enact Social Media Restrictions for MinorsBlogsLess than one month after Utah adopted the nation’s first law restricting the use of social media platforms by minors under 18, Arkansas last week enacted its Social Media Safety Act (the Act), SB396.
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03.30.2023Four Key Considerations for Implementing the California Age-Appropriate Design CodeUpdatesCalifornia’s Age-Appropriate Design Code is a first-of-its-kind children’s privacy law in the United States that is scheduled to go into effect in 2024. The CA AADC is applicable to online services, products, or features that are likely to be accessed by children.
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11.17.2022More State Content Moderation Laws Coming to Social Media PlatformsUpdates
California and New York recently passed laws that seek to change how social media platforms and social media networks design and report their content moderation practices. The New York law will require a hateful conduct policy and reporting mechanism starting in December 2022. California laws will impose content moderation and transparency requirements starting in 2023 and 2024.
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10.10.2022The EU’s Digital Services Act: A Paradigm Shift for Online IntermediariesUpdates
Following the Council of the European Union's approval earlier this week, the Digital Services Act has been officially adopted, starting the countdown to the law’s entry into force later this year.
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11.15.2022Digital Services Act WebinarWebinarsThe European Union (EU) recently adopted the Digital Services Act (DSA), fundamentally changing the legal landscape for online intermediaries doing business in the EU. The DSA builds on the e-Commerce Directive and regulates the obligations of online service providers that act as intermediaries in connecting consumers with third-party goods, services, or content.
