Biometric Update: Nebraska and Vermont introduce Kids Code bills despite Big Tech backlash

To avoid similar lawsuits from tech companies, civil rights organizations gathered under the Kids Code Coalition have been working on overhauling the Code. The Nebraska and Vermont bills are significantly different from those enacted in California and Maryland, according to the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), one of the organizations supporting Vermont’s efforts to re-write the bill. 

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 “For too long, Big Tech has exploited the presence of children on their platforms to turn a profit while ignoring the privacy and safety risks their design choices cause kids,” says Megan Iorio, senior counsel at EPIC. “The Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code effectively mitigates these privacy and safety risks and does so in a way that Big Tech’s lawyers won’t be able to easily overturn in court.” 

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