IN Senate Passes Underneath-16 Social Media Ban
Indiana’s Senate handed a invoice (SB 11) that will prohibit social media corporations from permitting these below the age of 16 from accessing their platforms with out parental consent. A provision that will have allowed dad and mom or guardians to sue for violations was faraway from the measure in committee. However the invoice would nonetheless enable the state’s lawyer common to provoke civil investigations of potential violations, which may end in penalties of as much as $250,000. (INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE)
Surge of Bitcoin Investing Payments Coming This Yr
A invoice (HB 2664 [2024]) launched in Pennsylvania in November that will have approved the state’s treasurer and public pension funds to spend money on bitcoin did not make it out of committee earlier than the legislative session ended. However the measure’s sponsor, Rep. Mike Cabell (R), stated the proposal was more likely to be reintroduced by a colleague this yr. And the bitcoin advocacy group Satoshi Motion stated it anticipated laws primarily based on its mannequin invoice to be launched in at the very least 10 different states. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
ND Seems to be to Outlaw Deepfakes Depicting Little one Intercourse Abuse
North Dakota’s Home Judiciary Committee heard testimony on a invoice (HB 1386) that will prohibit synthetic intelligence-generated content material depicting youngster intercourse abuse. The variety of stories of such content material within the state has tripled since 2020. (FARGO FORUM)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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