The #MDKidsCode would require tech companies to design their products with young people’s safety and privacy in mind. If passed, the bill would subject tech platforms to regular safety assessments to ensure they’re defaulting to the highest privacy settings, limiting the sale of kids’ data, and more to prevent the spread of harmful content.

The #MDKidsCode would require tech companies to design their products in the best interests of their youngest users. This bill would limit the spread prevent algorithmically-amplified harmful content and limit sale of their data. Supporters of the bill say dangerous features that keep young people scrolling fuels content promoting self-harm and enables cyberbullying.

As briefly satisfying as it may have been to watch some Big Tech CEOs squirm under a bipartisan grilling from the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday — including an outright apology from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to parents who say social media contributed to their child’s exploitation and, in some cases, death — it’s also…

A second bill, dubbed the Maryland Kids Code, revives an effort from last session to implement new online protections for children. The proposal, sponsored by Dels. Jared Solomon (D-Montgomery), C.T. Wilson (D-Charles) and Love, was modeled after Britain’s landmark Age-Appropriate Design Code.