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Recent social-media coverage from The Sidekick network, including local decisions, public meetings, and civic updates.
Assembly members and witnesses aired ideas ranging from ad taxes to chatbot rules at the first hearing of a new select committee on young men’s purpose.
A June 30 policy package would update county rules for cybersecurity, cloud review, vendor access, digital content, signatures and records retention.
The measure would require platforms to notify users when federal agencies seek their data with administrative subpoenas and give them 30 days to respond or challenge.
SB 957 would require platforms to notify users when federal agencies seek their personal data through an administrative subpoena and give them 30 days to respond or challenge.
After extended floor debate, the Assembly approved the social-media and children’s safety bill 72-0, sending it to the next step in the legislative process.
Supporters cast the bill as a child-safety response to addictive platform design, while opponents warned of speech, privacy and access harms.