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DOGE-Like Effort in FL Could Impact Insurance Industry The wave of housecleaning that’s swept through the federal government courtesy of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency appears...
Judge Permanently Blocks OH Social Media Access Law A federal judge issued an injunction permanently blocking an Ohio law that requires parental consent for those under the age of 16 to have a social...
State Lawmakers Target PSAOs After targeting pharmacy benefit managers for years for contributing to the high cost of prescription drugs, state lawmakers have begun setting their sights on pharmacy services...
Two years ago, California enacted first-of-its-kind legislation allowing residents to demand that data brokers delete the personal information the brokers have collected about them. Known as the California...
MN Considering Taxing Social Media Apps Minnesota’s Senate Taxes Committee heard a bill ( SB 3197 ) last week that would make the state the first in the nation to tax social media apps. The measure...
New York Assemblyman Clyde Vanel (D) is drafting a bill that would make developers of AI companion chatbots liable for harm those chatbots cause to minors. The first-in-the-nation proposal comes after a 14-year-old chatbot user took his own life. Similar legislation could also come this year in California. (PLURIBUS NEWS, ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Indiana’s Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill (SB 11) that would prohibit social media companies from allowing those under the age of 16 from accessing their platforms without parental consent. Before approving the measure, the committee removed a provision that would have allowed parents or guardians to sue for violations. The approved version would still permit the state’s AG to sue after giving social media operators 90 days to correct violations. (INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE)
The New Jersey Assembly passed a bill (AB 4664) in December that would prohibit social media platforms from using “a design, algorithm, practice, affordance, or feature” that they know or “by the exercise of reasonable care should have known, could cause child users to develop an eating disorder, including, but not limited to, promoting diet products.” Platforms that violate the measure’s provisions would be subject to fines of up to $250,000 per violation. The measure has been referred to the state’s Senate Commerce Committee. (PLURIBUS NEWS, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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