The new SCOPE Act takes effect this Sunday, adding protections for kids online through age verification and stricter marketplace regulations but one non-profit is challenging it. Will a judge block it? #OnlineSafety #ConsumerProtection #SCOPEAct
, which stands for the Securing Children Online Through Parental Empowerment Act, is a piece of U.S. legislation introduced to enhance consumer protections against harmful online practices. The act is primarily focused on regulating online platforms and marketplaces to prevent deceptive or dangerous product listings.: The act aims to prevent online platforms from listing products that are fraudulent, dangerous, or have been recalled.
A new state law created to protect children from harmful and obscene material online is now being challenged just days before it is expected to go into effect. According to the Texas Office of the Attorney General, this new law will primarily “apply to digital services that provide an online platform for social interaction between users that: allow users to create a public or semi-public profile to use the service, and allow users to create or post content that can be viewed by other users of the service.
A digital service provider’s facilitation of e-mail or direct messaging services as long as the digital service only provides those services; or
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