Kids' Online Safety Laws & Lawsuits

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (243+ words) Sen. Bill Cassidy (R., La.) says children’s online privacy protections should follow them across apps, adding to Republican calls for broader safeguards following Meta’s child safety settlement. “As kids grow up online, the danger of doing so grows alongside them. COPPA…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1007+ words) Wisconsin is getting $313 million from Meta. Experts say the state still lags in protecting kids online. Wisconsin made national headlines last month when its law criminalizing AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) was challenged by a federal judge. The ruling…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (283+ words) Apple and Google lobbyists are pressing state lawmakers across the US to pass kids’ online safety laws with a built-in shield. The bills would require age checks for app downloads, but they would bar private lawsuits and leave enforcement to…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (100+ words) For Rodriguez, none of these state-level moves substitute for a nationwide standard. She continues advocating for federal online safety legislation, arguing that only a law applying across all social media companies — not settlements negotiated state by state — can force the…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (1686+ words) Tammy Rodriguez was taking a step back from her front-facing role of advocating for federal online protections for children when she got a call from the Connecticut attorney general’s office in late August. She was asked to attend a press…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1736+ words) Tammy Rodriguez was taking a step back from her front-facing role of advocating for federal online protections for children when she got a call from the Connecticut attorney general’s office in late August. She was asked to attend a press…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (133+ words) The Daily News | Texas' Oldest Newspaper - Cornyn proposes 170-mile national recreation area along Texas coast - Is Bolivar ferry plagued by corruption or gross incompetence? - 42 detained on immigration holds in Galveston County in first half of Sept. - Heavy rain and cooler…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (274+ words) SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Utah is prohibited from enforcing age-verification requirements for adult content sites like Pornhub for the time-being, a judge ruled today. The ruling, issued today, stated that enforcing the law would likely violate the United States Constitution’s dormant…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (320+ words) Utahns are free to continue to use VPNs – for now. A federal judge issued a Sept. 24 injunction blocking a Utah law requiring companies to verify the age of any users physically located in Utah, even if they are using a…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (546+ words) Jerod Orcullo · Sep 20, 2026, 4:40 PM Lawmakers at the House of Representatives renewed calls for stricter gun safety measures and restrictions on children’s access to social media following the shooting incident in South Cotabato on Friday, 18 September. In separate statements Sunday, Tingog…...