Kris Cooper reports: A combined $7.7bn worth of regulatory fines for breaching data privacy laws over ad-targeting practices has been handed out to Alphabet, Amazon, Byte Dance and Meta since the start of 2023, according to a new report. GlobalData’s Thematic Intelligence: Social Media report explores key technological, macroeconomic and regulatory trends within the social media industry. It…
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Court: No reasonable expectation of privacy in defendant’s social media accounts holding child porn
Over on FourthAmendment.com, John Wesley Hall notes this case in the Northern District of New York: In a child porn case, defendant can’t show a reasonable expectation of privacy in images in his social media account. “For example, Defendant has not attested as to how he used the social media accounts, what if any privacy…
Utah Publishes Proposed Rules for Age Verification and Parental Consent in Social Media Law
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On October 15, 2023, a proposal was published on Utah’s social media regulation law, S.B. 152, which was signed earlier this year. As part of Utah’s effort to regulate social media companies, state officials released proposed rules for S.B. 152’s requirement that social media companies verify users’ ages and obtain parental consent for minors who intend…
Protecting Kids on Social Media Act Cloaks Attack on Privacy Behind Concern for Children
J.D. Tuccille writes: There’s seemingly no policy turd that lawmakers are unwilling to polish in the name of “the children.” That brings us to the Protecting Kids on Social Media Act, currently working its way through the U.S. Senate. This measure borrows bad proposals from another federal bill and combines them with legislative idiocy enacted…
Tech Industry Group Halts Arkansas Age Checks for Social Media
Andrea Vittorio reports: A tech industry group won a federal court order halting the implementation of an Arkansas law that requires parental permission to register for social media accounts and online age checks to access certain platforms. The Thursday ruling from the US District Court for the Western District of Arkansas prevents the state’s attorney general from…
Texas will require parental consent for minors under 18 to use social media
Ashley Belanger reports: Teens will likely soon be losing online privileges in Texas, which this week became the third state to require parental consent for minors under 18 to access social media. Utah passed a similar law in March, and Louisiana followed suit this month. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed HB 18 into law on Wednesday. It takes effect on…