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State Attorneys General Signal Broadening Efforts to Protect Youth on Digital Platforms

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The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) and its current President, Oregon AG Ellen Rosenblum, hosted the Presidential Initiative Summit earlier this month entitled America’s Youth: AGs Looking Out for the Next...more

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New Mexico Snaps at Snapchat for Allegedly Failing to Protect Minors

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New Mexico AG Raúl Torrez has filed a lawsuit against Snap Inc., accusing Snapchat of facilitating child sexual exploitation and sextortion through its design features and recommendation algorithms, allegedly violating state...more

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Bipartisan AGs Argue Section 230 Immunity for Online Platforms is Untenable “Engine of Human Misery”

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A coalition of 20 Republican and three Democratic AGs submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case Doe v. Snap, Inc., No. 23-961, urging the Court to grant petitioner’s writ of certiorari and reverse the...more

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State Attorneys General Take Action on Artificial Intelligence

The evolving use of artificial intelligence (AI) across different industries has thrust states into a difficult and rapidly developing regulatory arena. State Attorneys General have and will continue to play an essential role...more

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Minnesota AG Reports on Negative Impacts of Technology on Youth

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Minnesota AG Keith Ellison’s office has released a report on emerging technology and its effect on youth well-being, which was commissioned by the Minnesota legislature in 2023. The report covers the current state of social...more

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State AGs Focus on Social Media and its Impact on Youth

As we have discussed, the NAAG President, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, formally announced her 2024 Presidential Initiative focusing on America’s youth. As we noted, this was consistent with a broader priority for...more

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AGs Add Their Voice to Free Speech Challenge to Social Media Censorship Laws

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19 Republican AGs, joined by Republican legislative leaders from Arizona, filed an amicus brief in U.S. Supreme Court cases Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton, supporting Florida and Texas laws, respectively, that bar...more

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Democratic AGs Argue for Moderation Communication Between Government and Social Media Companies

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A group of 23 Democratic AGs filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to reverse a Fifth Circuit decision upholding a preliminary injunction barring communication between social-media platforms and federal...more

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AD-ttorneys@law - December 2023

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Guess Who Members Can’t Share the Band - Ancient rockers hurl lawsuit at former bros, but will it stick? When Friends Fall Out - Baroque internecine conflicts and acrimonious legal battles are nothing new in the...more

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Injunction on Government-Social Media Communication Opposed by Democratic AGs

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21 Democratic AGs filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit asking it to overturn a preliminary injunction barring communication between federal officials and agencies and social-media...more

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FTC Endorsement Guides Get a Social Media Makeover

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The FTC updated its agency guidance for businesses utilizing endorsements as advertising in order to ensure that it sufficiently addresses emerging market trends in how advertisers utilize review platforms and social media to...more

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FTC Orders Social Media and Streaming Platforms to Outline Efforts to Combat Deceptive Advertisements

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The FTC issued orders to eight social media and video streaming platforms—Meta Platforms, Inc.; Instagram, LLC; YouTube, LLC; TikTok Inc.; Snap Inc.; Twitter, Inc.; Pinterest, Inc.; and Twitch Interactive, Inc.—requiring them...more

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California Enacts Broad New Social Media Legislation on Content Moderation Practices

Key Points - This September, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 587 into law, establishing new transparency requirements for social media companies. The new requirements include publicly posting and submitting to the...more

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Insights into Texas’ Content Moderation Law

On May 31, the US Supreme Court reinstated an injunction first implemented in December 2021 regarding HB 20, the Texas law prohibiting social media companies from certain content moderation based on viewpoints. Its decision...more

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The Robins Kaplan Privacy Pulse - Meta Faces Multistate Probe Into Engagement With Kids

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Ten state attorney generals’ offices have launched a joint investigation exploring whether Meta, formerly known as Facebook, broke consumer protection laws in its attempt to attract minors to its platforms, such as Instagram....more

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NAAG Voices Support for Congress’s Hearings on Social Media Platforms’ Targeting of Minors

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The National Association of Attorneys General (“NAAG”) sent a letter to the S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation’s Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security in support of...more

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New York AG Leads Antitrust Investigation Into Social Media Platform

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On September 6, New York's attorney general announced that she will lead an antitrust investigation focused on Facebook. The leadership team conducting the investigation also includes the attorneys general of Colorado,...more

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