What to know about New York State's proposed rules to restrict social media for children

In New York State, there are new rules on the table to protect children online by restricting addictive parts of social media. It's called the SAFE for Kids Act. Read More

Georgia lawmakers look for ways keep social media from harming children

In a rare bipartisan act to protect children, Georgia legislators adopted a law last year that regulated social media companies. Read More

Here’s how NY plans to regulate kids’ use of social media

The state attorney general’s office released draft rules around age verification and prohibitions on showing algorithmic feeds to minors without parental permission. Read More

Here’s how N.Y. plans to curb social media use among children

The proposed rules would be created under the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act, signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul last year. The act was championed by Attorney General Letitia ... Read More

Rules To Limit Addictive Social Media Feeds For Kids Proposed By NY AG

New York Attorney General Letitia James has proposed new rules requiring social media companies to restrict addictive feeds and nighttime notifications for young people under the state’s new SAFE for ... Read More

Age checks, curfew alerts, parental consent: Inside NY's proposed social media rulebook

New York's Child Data Protection Act, a sister bill to the SAFE for Kids Act, prohibits online sites from "collecting, using, sharing, or otherwise processing any personal data of individuals under ... Read More

Mississippi may require age verification, parental consent for social media, Supreme Court says

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Mississippi to enforce a state law that requires the nation’s largest social media companies to verify the age of their users and obtain parental consent for ... Read More

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost files appeal to overturn block on parental-consent law for social media

CLEVELAND — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is asking a federal appeals court to reinstate a state law that would require parental permission for children under 16 to sign up for social media. Yost’s ... Read More

Supreme Court clears way for Miss. law requiring parental consent to use social media

The Supreme Court cleared the way for a Mississippi law that requires age verification to use social media and parental consent before minors can create accounts, a setback for the technology groups. Read More

Ohio argues to reinstate social media parental consent law

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- As kids head back to school, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is asking a federal appeals court to reinstate a law requiring parental consent for children under 16 to use social ... Read More

Supreme Court allows Mississippi social media law requiring age verification for children

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to block a new Mississippi law that imposes age verification and parental consent restrictions on social media platforms. In a brief order with no ... Read More

Ohio attorney general files appeal to overturn block on parental-consent law for social media

CLEVELAND — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is asking a federal appeals court to reinstate a state law that would require parental permission for children under 16 to sign up for social media. Yost’s ... Read More