A Texas judge granted a preliminary injunction on certain requirements of the new law that aims to protect minors from harmful content online.
A handful of new laws went into effect Sunday, including the Securing Children Online Through Parental Empower ment Act, despite multiple lawsuits to block the law’s enforcement. However, on Friday a Texas judge granted a preliminary injunction on certain requirements of the new law that aims to protect minors from “harmful content and data collection practices.” Rep.
Introduced by Slawson as House Bill 18, the act requires digital service providers to follow these guidelines: • Digital service providers must register the age of the person creating an account for the platform and prevent the person from altering his/her age at a later date• A minor’s parent and/or guardian must notify the digital service provider of the minor’s age or successfully dispute the registered user’s age The SCOPE Act says digital service providers must implement a plan to “prevent...
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