EPIC Commends California For Protecting User Privacy and Speech in Proposed Age Assurance Rules
Yesterday, EPIC filed comments in response to the California Department of Justice’s proposed rules to implement the Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act (SB 976). EPIC commended California for the proposed rules, which align strongly with the privacy- and speech-protective principles for age assurance implementation that EPIC urged the state to follow in a comment submitted last year. In this latest round of comments, EPIC recommended additional tweaks to further enhance privacy
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Published: 1 July 2026
Source: EPIC
Category: Field notes
Topics: Privacy · Children & education
Retrieved: 14 July 2026
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