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title: "Age Appropriate Design Codes – Well Meaning, but Do They Make for Good Law?"
date: 2022-03-21T00:00:00-04:00
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# Age Appropriate Design Codes – Well Meaning, but Do They Make for Good Law?

 March 21, 2022 | 7 min

 

 

 

 

 

 

 [Kelley Drye Ad Law Access Podcast](https://soundcloud.com/adlawaccess "Kelley Drye Ad Law Access Podcast") · [Age Appropriate Design Codes – Well Meaning, but Do They Make for Good Law?](https://soundcloud.com/adlawaccess/age-appropriate-design-codes "Age Appropriate Design Codes – Well Meaning, but Do They Make for Good Law?")

 [Apple](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/age-appropriate-design-codes-well-meaning-but-do-they/id1457734764?i=1000554778491) [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/5tjy7yixPbAcUAL0fPFh6I?si=7b04b0da36e14c6a) [SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/adlawaccess/age-appropriate-design-codes?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing) 

 

There’s bipartisan momentum in Congress to enact stronger privacy protections for kids and teens – and specifically, tools that would enable minors and their parents to limit algorithms and online content that fuel self-harm and addictive behaviors. These efforts, reflected in several federal bills (see here and here) and now in a California bill too, build on months of testimony by a social media insider and are modeled in large part on the UK’s Age Appropriate Design Code.

 

 

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