Kids Code bills prompt epic showdown between regulators, activists and big tech firms

The latest craze sweeping the United States – legislation to protect kids’ data and overall online safety – has its own snappy epithet. The Guardian reports on the so-called “Kids Code” bills popping up in multiple state legislatures, the latest of which recently passed in Maryland by unanimous vote. The full list of nine states reads like a fellowship of age-appropriate design: Maryland, plus Vermont, Minnesota, Hawaii, Illinois, New Mexico, South Carolina, New Mexico and Nevada.

But every fellowship has …

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