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Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT CBS REPORTS Newsom signs nation's 1st law protecting children's online privacy
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SACRAMENTO — California will be the first state to require online companies to
put kids' safety first by barring them from profiling children or using personal
information in ways that could harm children physically or mentally, Gov. Gavin
Newsom said Thursday.
"We're taking aggressive action in California to protect the health and wellbeing
of our kids," Newsom said in a statement announcing that he had signed the bill.
He noted that as a father of four, "I'm familiar with the real issues our children
are experiencing online."
The bill requires tech companies that provide online services attractive to
children to follow age-appropriate design code principles aimed at keeping
children safe. Companies will eventually have to submit a "data protection impact
assessment" to the state's attorney general before offering new online services,
products, or features attractive to children.
Facebook parent company Meta said it has concerns about some of law's
provisions but shares lawmakers' goal of keeping children safe online.
"We believe young people should have consistent protections across all apps and
online services they use, which is why we support clear industry standards in this
area," the social media giant said. It called the law "an important development
towards establishing these standards."
The bill is modeled after a similar measure in the United Kingdom. In the year
since that law took effect, some of the U.S.'s most valuable technology
companies "have begun to redesign their products in children's best interests,"
said Democratic Assemblymember Buffy Wicks of Oakland, a co-author of the
law.
"Now we can ensure they do the same for California youth — and hopefully young
people across the country," Wicks said.
The law was opposed by a coalition including the Entertainment Software
Association that said it includes "an over-inclusive standard and would capture
far more websites and platforms than necessary."
It's the second groundbreaking online protections bill signed by Newsom this
week. The earlier measure requires social media companies to provide details on
how and when they remove disturbing content including hate speech.
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But a third proposal failed to pass the state Legislature this year. It would have
banned social media companies from adopting features it knows can cause
children to become addicted.
Still, Jim Steyer, CEO of Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that advocates for
children, said the bill Newsom signed on Thursday is "a necessary and positive
steps forward in standing up to Big Tech."
The challenge of protecting children online resonated personally with Newsom's
wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, and Wicks, who are both mothers of young
children.
"I am terrified of the effects technology addiction and saturation are having on
our children and their mental health," Siebel Newsom said in supporting the bill,
though she acknowledged that "social media and the internet are integral to the
way we as a global community connect and
Newsom signs nation's 1st law protecting children's online privacy - CBS San Francisco
(cbsnews.com)
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