Jack Nicastro writes: For years, federal lawmakers and regulators have used their power to penalize Big Tech companies for successfully serving American consumers. Rep. Kat Cammack (R–Fla.) is continuing this trend. On Tuesday, Cammack introduced the App Store Freedom Act, which intends to promote competition in the digital marketplace by forcing interoperability and open app development requirements on widely used app stores and…
Category: Laws
Florida bill requiring encryption backdoors for social media accounts has failed
Zack Whittaker reports: A Florida bill, which would have required social media companies to provide an encryption backdoor for allowing police to access user accounts and private messages, has failed to pass into law. The Social Media Use by Minors bill was “indefinitely postponed” and “withdrawn from consideration” in the Florida House of Representatives earlier this week. Lawmakers in…
Virginia Governor Signs into Law Bill Restricting Minors’ Use of Social Media
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On May 2, 2025, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed into law a bill that amends the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“VCDPA”) to impose significant restrictions on minors’ use of social media. The bill comes on the heels of recent children’s privacy amendments to the VCDPA that took effect on January 1, 2025. The bill amends the…
In Mass., volunteers pack thousands of abortion pills destined for states with bans
Martha Bebinger reports: Huddled around a small conference table in Greater Boston, fewer than a dozen volunteers form an ad hoc assembly line to slip hundreds of pills into padded envelopes. It’s not an illegal drug operation, at least not here in Massachusetts. But, the volunteers’ work to fill online prescription requests could risk criminal…