Quick Story Summary Nebraska’s LB383 (Parental Rights in Social Media Act) makes parental consent mandatory for under-18s creating new social media accounts. The law becomes operative on July 1, 2026 and requires platforms to run “reasonable age verification” at sign-up to determine whether a user is a minor. Approved age checks can include digitized ID […]

The year the patchwork became a quilt: how U.S. state online privacy laws have finally hit critical mass In short: 2025 turned a patchwork of state privacy rules into a workable baseline across much of the United States. Universal opt out is moving from idea to requirement, browsers can send a single signal that sites […]

Artificial intelligence is advancing rapidly, and one of its latest uses is raising serious questions about safety and privacy. Tools like GeoSpy can analyze a single photo and determine its location in seconds, even if all metadata has been stripped away. For investigators, this may seem like a powerful tool. For the public, it represents […]