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Leadership at the Census Bureau has ordered staff to halt all external...

The California legislature passed Assembly Bill 1709 (A.B. 1709) today, which functions as a sweeping ban on social media use for young people under the age of 16. This well-intentioned, but deeply fl...

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The FCC wants to legally force telecoms to collect new and renewing customers’ government issued identity number and physical address, impacting everyone from the privacy-conscious to domestic abuse s...

BOSTON, May 13, 2026 — TODAY, Boston City Council voted unanimously to adopt a resolution condemning dangerous and misguided censorship and age verification legislation, including the controversial pr...

It’s unclear if the Massachusetts bills to limit social media will hold up in court, as similar efforts in other states have faced legal challenges.

Massachusetts is one of the latest states to suggest that social media platforms should either bar, or provide special protection to, young users. But some experts are raising privacy alarms.

Advocates Remain Wary

High-profile bills to regulate youth social media use don't go into detail about how tech companies would verify how old someone is. So we asked the governor and experts to explain.

The state’s approach could create new risks for users while letting tech companies off the hook.

Computer scientists are campaigning against the global march toward age checks online.

Proposals from on Beacon Hill aimed at curbing social media use among teens have run into a range of practical, constitutional, and security challenges.

Legislative efforts to age-gate parts of the internet are gaining traction. Some experts warn of compliance complications and data security breaches.

Governor Maura Healey said Tuesday that she wants "to take the power away from social media platforms and Big Tech companies and put it back in the hands of our young people and our families.”

Readers debate a House-passed bill that would ban children under 14 from using social media.

The legislation would also prohibit cellphone use during the school day.

The Massachusetts House has advanced H. 5349, a draconian and laughably unconstitutional bill that would ban minors from social media, force social media platforms to enable parental surveillance of teenagers’ online activity, and subject everyone to privacy-invading online ID checks in order to access information or speak out online. Dozens of civil liberties, racial justice, […]

A sweeping definition of "social media" has critics warning it could rope in nearly the entire internet — including sites children rely on every day.