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Vermont Senate Passes Age-Appropriate Design Code

March 14, 2025

Yesterday the Vermont Senate passed Senate Bill 69, the Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code (Vermont AADC), on a bipartisan 25-5 vote. Last month EPIC testified in support of the bill and submitted additional written testimony.
- Age Assurance
- Children's Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Platform Governance Laws & Regulations
- Social Media Privacy
- Updates
EPIC-Led Group of Law and Technology Experts Urges Ninth Circuit to Rule that Social Media Companies’ Addictive Technology Is Not Protected Expression

March 7, 2025
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Platform Governance Laws & Regulations
- The First Amendment
- Updates
EPIC Testifies in Support of Vermont Age Appropriate Design Code

February 19, 2025
- Age Assurance
- Children's Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Platform Governance Laws & Regulations
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
Judge Allows California Regulation of Addictive Feeds to Go Into Effect

December 31, 2024
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Platform Governance Laws & Regulations
- The First Amendment
- Updates
EPIC Tells Court that Privacy Protections Don’t Violate the First Amendment

December 18, 2024
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Platform Governance Laws & Regulations
- Privacy Laws
- Section 230
- Updates
EPIC Urges Northern District of California to Reject NetChoice’s Request to Enjoin California Law to Regulate Addictive Feeds for Minors

December 11, 2024

On December 10, 2024, EPIC submitted an amicus brief in NetChoice v. Bonta, an important case about whether the First Amendment prevents the government from regulating harmful, content-neutral features on online platforms. EPIC’s brief urged the court to deny the tech industry trade association NetChoice’s request for a preliminary injunction that seeks prevent California’s Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act (SB 976) from going into effect by declaring the law unconstitutional.
- Age Assurance
- Children's Privacy
- Data Protection
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Platform Governance Laws & Regulations
- The First Amendment
- Updates
EPIC Urges NY Attorney General To Center Data Minimization and Age Determination Best Practices in Rulemaking for NY SAFE for Kids Act

October 1, 2024

Yesterday EPIC submitted comments with the Center for Digital Democracy urging the New York Attorney General to center privacy and age determination best practices in its rulemaking to implement the New York SAFE for Kids Act.
- Age Assurance
- Children's Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Platform Governance Laws & Regulations
- The First Amendment
- Updates
In Texas Age Verification Case, EPIC Urges Supreme Court to Adopt Framework that Can Differentiate Unconstitutional Online Censorship Laws from Constitutional Kids’ Privacy and Safety Laws

September 23, 2024
- Age Assurance
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Platform Governance Laws & Regulations
- The First Amendment
- Updates
Ninth Circuit Strikes Down Portion of California AADC but Leaves the Rest Intact for Now

August 16, 2024
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Platform Governance Laws & Regulations
- Privacy Laws
- The First Amendment
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
Utah Federal District Court Beats Back NetChoice’s Typically Overbroad Section 230 Arguments

July 25, 2024
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Platform Governance Laws & Regulations
- Updates

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