Taylor Hatmaker reports: In a new letter, attorneys general representing 44 U.S. states and territories are pressuring Facebook to walk away from new plans to open Instagram to children. The company is working on an age-gated version of Instagram for kids under the age of 13 that would lure in young users who are currently not permitted…
Category: Youth & Schools
Judge rejects petition to block Cobb schools mask mandate
Kristal Dixon reports: A federal judge dismissed a request from several parents to stop the Cobb County School District from enforcing its mask mandate. U.S. District Court Judge Thomas W. Thrash Jr. rejected the plaintiffs’ request for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the district’s mask requirement for students and its contract tracing…
Senators Reintroduce Bill to Amend COPPA
Shelby Dolen of Husch Blackwell writes: Senators introduced the “Clean Slate for Kids Online Act of 2021” in the United States Senate last week. The bill seeks to amend the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”). The bill provides individuals with the right to delete personal information the operator collected from the individual as a child. The…
China Issues Second Version of the Draft Personal Information Protection Law for Public Comments
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On April 29, 2021, China issued a second version of the draft Personal Information Protection Law (“Draft PIPL”). The Draft PIPL will be open for public comments until May 28, 2021. While the framework of this version of the Draft PIPL is the same as the prior version issued on October 21, 2020,…