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Saturday, August 31, 2024

Common Sense Media Hails Passage of Several Kids’ Online Safety Bills in California

Algorithmic feed and notifications ban to minors, CSAM AI bill, and others, are important wins, while at the same time Meta undermined an important kids’ bill

Tuesday, August 27, 2024

New Analysis of Generative AI Chatbots Shows Signs of Improvement and Risks for Kids

Common Sense Media's reviews of Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity caution that real-time search features may mislead young users into thinking responses are fact-based

Monday, July 1, 2024

Common Sense Media Responds to Supreme Court Decision to Remand Social Media Cases for Additional Consideration

SCOTUS returns a pair of cases for further analysis of First Amendment implications of  ill-conceived Texas and Florida laws

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Thursday, August 15, 2024

Key California Senate Committee Approves Bill to Hold Social Media Platforms Accountable for Harming Kids and Teens

AB 3172 Passes Senate Appropriations Committee with Bipartisan Vote but Includes Questionable Amendments; Other Bills that Support Children’s Online Protections Also Pass

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