The law mandates parents to input their child’s age when a device is set up. Social media companies must show kids content ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed the Children's Social Media Safety Act, which is scheduled to implement stricter privacy settings and algorithmic restrictions for minors starting in 2028.

Do they realize that showing sorted content is an algorithm? So "show me popular, top-rated, or most recent content" are all "algorithms." ... the wording seems about ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York lawmakers are trying to limit kids in the Empire State from being exposed to the “addictive” features of TikTok and other social sites without parental permission. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New York's Legislature passed a bill on Friday that would ban social media platforms from using "addictive" recommendation ...

In a bipartisan effort to “protect kids from harm,” an unlikely cohort of senators introduced a bill that would restrict minors’ access to social media, as well as ban companies from using algorithms ...

This is the wrong approach. It just needs to be that any content promoted by algorithm becomes the speech of the company, and therefore is no longer protected by Section 230. Of course that would ...