State Crackdown on Cell Phone Use in Schools, Musk’s Protest of CA Trans Privacy Law & More

States Target School Cell Phone Use

At least four states have banned or severely restricted the use of smart phones in schools in the current legislative biennium. Florida became the first state to do so last year, and Indiana and Ohio passed bans this year. Meanwhile, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) issued an executive order this month requiring the state’s department of education to set guidelines for making schools cell phone-free, and boards of education in Alabama and South Carolina are working on similar rules. (PLURIBUS NEWS)

Musk Moving Companies’ Headquarters Over CA Trans Privacy Law

Elon Musk announced that he will be moving the headquarters of SpaceX and X from California to Texas in response to a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) last week (AB 1955). In a post on X, Musk said the law, which prohibits school districts from requiring parental notification of a student’s change of gender identification, was “the final straw,” coming after a string of other laws “attacking both families and companies.” (CNBC, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)

CrowdStrike CEO Called to Testify Before Congress

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz has been called to testify before the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security. U.S. Rep. Mark Green (R-TN), chairman of that committee, and U.S. Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), chairman of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection, said the company’s faulty software update that caused millions of Microsoft Windows devices to crash this month offers a “warning about the national security risks associated with network dependency.” (CNBC)

—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK

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