Statements
2024

Accountable Tech Statement on Passage of Maryland Kids Code

Accountable Tech Executive Director and Co-Founder Nicole Gill issued the following statement on the Maryland General Assembly’s unanimous passage of the Kids Code, which now heads to Governor Wes Moore’s desk:

“Despite Big Tech’s efforts to defeat this bill, families and advocates have prevailed to pass landmark legislation to give Maryland’s youth the safer online experience they deserve. The bipartisan and unanimous passage of the Kids Code offers children and teens protections from the industry’s toxic business practices that prey on their data and privacy. It is now on Governor Moore to sign this bill into law and to do right by the parents and young people who have suffered in the hands of Big Tech.”

Accountable Tech is a member of the Maryland Kids Code Coalition and worked to pass the first-of-its-kind California Age-Appropriate Design Code signed by Governor Gavin Newsom into law in 2022 requiring online platforms to provide safety-by-design and privacy-by-default to children and teens.

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Feb 14, 2025
Accountable Tech Statement on Senate passage of the TAKE IT DOWN Act

Accountable Tech Co-Founder and Executive Director Nicole Gill issued the following statement after the Senate’s unanimous passage late Thursday:

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Feb 12, 2025
50+ Civil Society Groups Urge Democratic States to Protect Individual Data, Privacy Under Trump

Organized by Accountable Tech, Fight for the Future, and UltraViolet, a broad and diverse coalition of more than 50 civil society organizations today sent a letter to Democratic stronghold states calling for immediate action to protect individuals’ data and privacy under President Trump’s administration.

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