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Social Links: Statehouse v. Smartphone

OHIO SOCIAL MEDIA LAW STRUCK DOWN - On April 16, 2025, a federal judge in Ohio ended the state’s ambitious plan to severely limit social media access for minors. The court permanently blocked Ohio’s Attorney General from...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Arkansas’ Kids Social Media Law: Another One Bites the Dust

Arkansas’ second attempt at regulating minor’s access to social media – in the form of the Social Media Safety Act (SB 689) – has again been struck down as unconstitutional. The court permanently enjoined the state from...more

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Court Enjoins Enforcement of California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act

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On March 13, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted a preliminary injunction preventing the California Attorney General (AG) from enforcing the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act...more

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California Attorney General Delays Enforcement of CAADCA Amidst Legal Challenge

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On March 4, 2025, the California Attorney General (AG) announced a further delay in the enforcement of the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA) until April 5, 2025. Initially operative on July 1, 2024, CAADCA’s...more

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California’s Kids’ Social Media Law Wrangling Continues, and Maryland Too!

The Ninth Circuit continued the pause on California’s SB 976 (Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act) as of late January 2025. The law was signed by Governor Newsom in September 2024, and challenged by NetChoice...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

2024 Recap: Ten Lords A-Leaping!

As the world’s premier blog and go-to source for insightful, pithy commentary on the law and business of social media (EDITOR’S NOTE: this claim has not been verified), the team at Socially Aware feels socially responsible to...more

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#StatusUpdate on Social Media, Apps, and Children’s Privacy

Regulations impacting children’s use of social media continues to be a space in motion the past few months. There have been developments at both the state level, as well as with the FTC. And there is no sign of slowing down....more

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Mother May I? Florida and Utah Recently Regulations for Minor Use of Social Media Platforms

Florida recently passed a new law and Utah recently repealed and replaced its previously enjoined law with two new bills (available here and here), which regulate minors’ access to social media platforms. The laws highlight...more

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Cracks in the State Privacy Law Foundation: State Privacy Law Challenges See Success in District and State Courts

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A recent spate of successful legal challenges has provided some relief from the ever-swelling wave of state privacy laws. The legal bases of these challenges vary, but taken together, they highlight that state privacy laws –...more

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Court Enjoins California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act

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Keypoint: A California federal district court granted NetChoice’s motion for preliminary injunction, finding that the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act likely violates the First Amendment. On September 18, 2023, the...more

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California’s Expansive New Children’s Online Privacy Law Faces First Amendment Challenge

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The protection of children's online privacy has emerged as one of the most important data privacy issues in the United States. With the existing U.S. framework for protecting children's online privacy widely criticized as...more

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