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CT Senate Passes Sweeping Consumer Protection Bill The Connecticut Senate passed an expansive consumer protection bill ( SB 5 ). Among other things, the measure would require service providers such as...
Social Media Warning Label Legislation Catching on in States Although Congress hasn’t responded to former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s call last June to take up legislation requiring...
OR Lawmakers Pass Age Discrimination Bill Oregon’s legislature passed a bill ( HB 3187 ) that would prohibit an employer from requesting an applicant’s age, date of birth or date of graduation...
WI Assembly Passes Multiple Healthcare Bills Wisconsin’s Assembly passed multiple healthcare-related bills with broad bipartisan support. One ( AB 43 ) would allow pharmacists to prescribe birth...
A nightmare may be coming to life for social media companies in Minnesota. There, Democrats in the state Legislature have embraced a pioneering bill, SB 3197 , which seeks to levy the nation’s...
Despite legal challenges that have blocked new state laws aimed at protecting kids from the potential harms of social media from taking effect, lawmakers in multiple states, including Indiana, Nevada, New York, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Wyoming, will consider such social media regulations this year.
“Although several kids’ privacy and online safety laws are wrapped up in the courts, I expect we will see another year with a heavy focus on bills seeking to regulate kids’ online experiences,” said Bailey Sanchez, deputy director of the Future of Privacy Forum’s U.S. legislation team. (PLURIBUS NEWS)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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