A Close Look at the Justice Department’s Settlement with Meta (Formerly Facebook) to Resolve Alleged Fair Housing Act Violations Arising from Meta’s Targeted Advertising System
Oregon will begin to regulate the use of minors’ information and sale of users’ location data (regardless of age) with an update to its Oregon Consumer Privacy Act. These revisions will go into effect January 1, 2026. As...more
We love hearing Commissioner Holyoak speak and were particularly heartened when she criticized the Khan FTC’s use of charged headlines in press releases and speeches, including calling targeted advertising “surveillance...more
On April 21, 2025, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed HB 1717 into law. HB 1717, which will take effect on July 1, 2026, prohibits operators of online services “directed at children” or operators with “actual...more
For one of our authors, their kids’ current favorite treat is a chocolate bar sold by a popular YouTube personality (and philanthropist!). The kids know about this particular chocolate bar because the personality promotes it...more
Double-check before swiping right. Ubiquitous dating app Tinder scored a court victory when the U.S. District Court in New Jersey ruled in Ciapinska v. Tinder that the arbitration clause in the app’s terms of use (TOU) is...more
On June 18, 2024, California Attorney General (“AG”) Rob Bonta and Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto announced a settlement with a video game developer and publisher regarding allegations that the company...more
As we reported in 2023, Utah was the first state in the nation to enact laws limiting minors’ use of social media. In early March 2024, Republican Governor Spencer Cox effectively repealed and replaced the previously enacted...more
In May of 2022, Connecticut joined a growing list of U.S. states passing privacy regulations when it signed the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA) into law. The CTDPA officially went into effect in July 2023. On...more
To help organizations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main topical digital regulatory and compliance...more
Our broadcast clients are already well aware of their obligations to air children’s programming in accordance with the FCC’s rules, including the rule prohibiting “host selling.”...more
The Children’s Advertising Review Unit (“CARU”), a BBB National Programs unit that monitors child targeted advertising, issued a compliance warning making clear it intends to enforce its advertising guidelines as equally in...more
On May 11, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) and Bill Cassidy (R-La) introduced the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act. The legislation seeks to amend the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), 15...more