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New Jersey AG sues Discord over alleged child safety failures

Engadget

The lawsuit claims that Discord has "misled parents about the efficacy of its safety controls and obscured the risks children faced when using the application." The details of the lawsuit are currently sealed, but Platkin's announcement suggests a few ways he plans to argue Discord's approach may have endangered children.

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Utah just passed the country’s first age-verification bill for app stores. But the fight isn’t over

Fast Company Tech

On Wednesday, Utah became the first state in the country to pass legislation mandating that app stores verify users ages and get parental consent for certain activity on minors accounts. The bill received broad support from the social media platforms that have borne the brunt of criticism for failing to protect children online.

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Google asks Utah’s governor to veto the state's app store age verification bill

Engadget

Google is pushing back on a bill that would make Utah the first state in the US to have a law requiring app stores to conduct age verification of their users. A spokesperson also confirmed that the company requested that Utah Governor Spencer Cox veto the bill. Ghanem argues that not all apps should be subject to age verification.

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Affirm, Airbnb, C3.ai, Roblox, Wish file for tech IPO finale of 2020

TechCrunch

More states have been minting their own unicorns, with Ohio-based Root Insurance recently going public and Utah-based Qualtrics heading (back) that way. “Tech companies that emerged as golden children over the last 10 years are radioactive now. Regulation looms on the horizon in every direction.

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How Trump’s proposed funding freeze has impacted childcare providers

Fast Company Tech

The Trump administration later clarified that certain programsincluding Head Startwould be exempt from the freeze, and Trumps proposal was rescinded just days later. The National Head Start Association found that at least 45 providers could not access federal funds, potentially compromising care for nearly 20,000 children and families.

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Sen. Ed Markey on the politics of technology

The Verge

He has been a proponent of net neutrality, first proposing a bill in 2005. Markey sat down for an interview with Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel and policy reporter Makena Kelly to discuss these issues, his proposed solutions, and. Well, my ally was Jack Danforth, Republican from Missouri, Orrin Hatch from Utah.