MississippiMississippiLawHB 1126

Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act

Requires digital service providers to register users' ages, obtain parental consent for minors, limit collection of minors' data and mitigate harms to minors, and adds morphed images of children to the child exploitation crime.

Body

Mississippi Legislature

Session

2024

Introduced

Feb 14, 2024

In effect since

Jul 1, 20242y2 years ago

Sponsors

R (Republican)Republican

Topics

KidsPlatformsPrivacyDeepfakes

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