Sweeping Child Online Safety Legislation Is Passed in CA

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Published on August 30, 2022 - Duration: 01:30s

Sweeping Child Online Safety Legislation Is Passed in CA

Sweeping Child Online Safety Legislation , Is Passed in CA.

The California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act seeks to protect children from common features of apps, .

... such as the ability to message strangers and location and movement data.

The digital ecosystem is not safe by default for children, Buffy Wicks, State Assembly Democrat, via 'The New York Times'.

We think the Kids’ Code, as we call it, would make tech safer for children by essentially requiring these companies to better protect them, Buffy Wicks, State Assembly Democrat, via 'The New York Times'.

The statute states that the extent of the legislation goes beyond apps geared specifically towards children.

Children should be afforded protections not only by online products and services specifically directed at them, but by all online products and services they are likely to access, CA Child Online Safety Statute, via 'The New York Times'.

Issues related to popular tech and child safety have been the focus of the highest levels of U.S. government for months.

It’s time to strengthen privacy protections, ban targeted advertising to children, and demand tech companies stop collecting personal data on our children, President Joe Biden, Twitter.

Tech advocates say that the wording of the legislation is too broad.

The requirement that companies consider the ‘best interests’ of children is incredibly difficult to interpret, TechNet and the Chamber of Commerce, Letter to Congress, via 'The New York Times'.

Privacy advocates state the legislation opens the floodgates for a host of privacy issues.

Such a system would likely lead platforms to set up elaborate age-verification systems for everyone, , Electronic Frontier Foundation, Letter to Congress, via 'The New York Times'.

... meaning that all users would have to submit personal data and submit to more corporate surveillance, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Letter to Congress, via 'The New York Times'


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