Illinois to receive up to $768M in Meta settlement over teen social media addiction
Attorney General Kwame Raoul one of many state AGs who investigated and sued Meta.
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Pritzker signs law regulating how social media platforms interact with children
The new law imposes new restrictions on how social media companies can interact with minors.
Pritzker signs bills on environmental standards, in-state tuition
Gov. JB Pritzker signed more than 60 bills into law since Friday.
Illinois bill limits how social media companies can target feeds to children
The bill limits autoplay videos, nighttime notifications, location sharing and more.
Behind the scenes of Illinois’ AI regulatory negotiations
After months of hearings and behind-closed-doors negotiations, Illinois lawmakers are moving towards a legislative framework for regulating artificial intelligence that ...
House approves Pritzker initiative to regulate social media algorithms
Gov. JB Pritzker proposed the bill saying addictive social media feeds are one of the top priorities parents ask him ...
Lawmakers advance Pritzker’s cell phone ban, social media regulations
Many bills advanced out of House committees are expected to be amended and further negotiated in the coming weeks.
Welch wins, Benton loses bid for Democratic State Central Committee
Twelve of 36 seats on the Illinois Democratic State Central Committee were contested in Tuesday’s primary election. As expected House ...
Even amid partial DHS shutdown, Illinois remains on edge over ICE coming back
Chicago police will be required to report violations of federal immigration enforcement.
How Illinois’ Democratic U.S. Senate candidates plan to address economic issues
The top three Democrats running for U.S. Senate have released economic plans.
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