Industry News

Here are the latest headlines and research that have caught our attention the past two weeks:

• Georgia Governor signs bill requiring kids under 16 to have parental permission to join social media (Fox News) Read more >>
• Senators try to add KOSA and COPPA 2.0 to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization act (The Hill) Read more >>
• The REPORT Act, to Protect Children Online from Predators, Heads to President's Desk (Press Release) Read more >>
• Tennessee lawmakers seek to require parental permission before children join social media (WABE) Read more >>
• Sammy’s Law in California seeks to protect youth from social media drug sales (Los Angeles Daily News) Read more >>
• Privacy concerns raised as Alaska House passes bill to limit minors’ access to porn, social media (Alaska Watchman) Read more >>
• New California Bill to Protect Children’s Data from AI Requires Parental Consent for Children’s Data to be Used in AI Models (Sierra Sun Times) Read more >>
• How France plans to keep kids off from too much screen time (The Local) Read more >>
• Getting kids off social media is a uniting issue in the Senate  (Washington Post) Read more >>
• A joint statement by Ofcom and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on collaboration on the regulation of online services (ICO) Read more >>
• Age Verification: The Complicated Effort to Protect Youth Online (New America) Read more >>
• Beyond privacy: it’s time for a rights-based approach to regulating AI for children (CIFAR) Read more >>

New Research

• New Research from UNICEF Innocenti Tests the RITEC Framework with Kids (The Joan Ganz Cooney Center) Read more >>
• REPORT: Online shopping draws in Gen Alpha (Kidscreen) Read more >>
• Children and Parents: media use and attitudes report 2024 (Ofcom) Read more >>
• The Creation Generation: How Gaming is Revolutionising Educational Engagement for Generation Alpha (Dubit & Bodacious) Read more >>
• Children's Media Lives Research - Year 10 findings (Ofcom) Read more >>

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