Lindsey Tonsager, Nicholas Xenakis, and Thea McCullough of Covington and Burling write: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) yesterday, July 23, initiated procedural steps that will likely lead to swift Senate passage of the Kids Online Safety Act (“KOSA”) and the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA 2.0”). Both bills have been…
Category: Youth & Schools
UK: Essex school reprimanded after using facial recognition technology for canteen payments
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: We have issued a reprimand to a school that broke the law when it introduced facial recognition technology (FRT). Chelmer Valley High School, in Chelmsford, Essex, first started using the technology in March 2023 to take cashless canteen payments from students. FRT processes biometric data to uniquely identify people and…
Court ordered penalties for 15 teens who created naked AI images of classmates
Ashley Belanger reports: A Spanish youth court has sentenced 15 minors to one year of probation after spreading AI-generated nude images of female classmates in two WhatsApp groups. The minors were charged with 20 counts of creating child sex abuse images and 20 counts of offenses against their victims’ moral integrity. In addition to probation, the teens…
Louisiana Bans Targeted Advertising to Minors on Social Media Platforms
Lindsey Tonsager, Jenna Zhang, and Natalie Maas of Covington and Burling write: On June 18, 2024, Louisiana enacted HB 577, prohibiting “social media platforms” with more than 1 million users globally from displaying targeted advertising to Louisiana users that the platform has actual knowledge are under 18 years of age and from selling the sensitive personal…