NYTIMES (David McCabe) - TikTok Settles With U.S. Over Child Privacy Concerns for $400 Million
The Justice Department resolved a lawsuit that accused the social media company of illegally gathering children’s information.
WASHINGTONPOST (Alexei Koseff) - Rep. Max Miller’s ex-wife sues after sensitive image of child was publicly shared
The Ohio Republican had released documents through a publicly accessible Dropbox account this month, seeking to fend off allegations of domestic abuse.
AI:Representative Max Miller is facing a lawsuit from his ex-wife following the public release of sensitive images of their daughter via a shared Dropbox account. The incident occurred as Miller attempted to use publicly accessible documents to counter ongoing allegations of domestic abuse. This legal battle follows recent reports linking Miller to similar controversy involving explicit imagery and adds further scrutiny to his personal conduct amidst his political career.Open
AXIOS (Maria Curi) - House vote sets up Senate clash over kids' online safety
The House on Monday passed the KIDS Act , but key senators say the legislation has little chance of advancing in its current form. Why it matters: The vote sets up a showdown over kids' online safety as the White House works to align Congress behind legislation that would preempt some state AI laws. Driving the news: After garnering broad bipartisan support, House lawmakers fast-tracked a package of kids' online safety measures, including a version of the Kids Online Safety Act, and sent it to the Senate. - The bill passed in a 267-117 vote. - The House version of KOSA does not include "duty of care" language — which would require platforms to take reasonable steps to mitigate harms stemming from design features like endless scroll…
DAILYCALLER (Nick Naulty) - Senators Push Crackdown On AI Chatbots Amid Fears Big Tech Is Putting Kids At Risk
"This issue is a matter of life or death"
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Evie Solheim) - How the Influencer Economy Ruined Childhood
What’s it like being the child of an oversharing mom or dad with millions of social media followers? The post How the Influencer Economy Ruined Childhood appeared first on The American Conservative .
Books How the Influencer Economy Ruined Childhood What’s it like being the child of an oversharing mom or dad with millions of social media followers? (Matt Cardy/Getty Images) Like, Follow, Subscribe: Influencer Kids and the Cost of a Childhood Online, by Fortesa Latifi. Gallery Books, 288 pp. Last Halloween, a clever costume “won the Internet,” as the saying goes. Kate Snyder of Brooklyn posted a picture of herself in a tiny smocked dress, knee-high socks, and a white cardboard heart surrounding her white-painted face. Her caption reads “[I’m] the toddler of a celebrity mom who wants to protect my identity…Open
AXIOS (Kelly Tyko) - Exclusive: Sen. Maggie Hassan presses AI toy company on child data privacy
A Democratic senator is demanding answers from an AI toy company accused of exposing tens of thousands of children's private conversations, according to a letter shared exclusively with Axios. Why it matters: AI-powered toys are rapidly entering children's homes, but safeguards around how companies collect, store and monitor kids' data haven't kept pace. Catch up quick: Researchers reported last month that bondu, an AI-powered conversational toy company, inadvertently exposed children's chat transcripts and personal data through a publicly accessible portal. - Bondu, which allows parents to check their children's conversations, said it took down the exposed portal and relaunched it the next day with authentication measures, according to…