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The House advanced the 12-bill KIDS Act on a party-line vote, the Senate passed COPPA 2.0 unanimously, and the Ninth Circuit revived California's design code, setting up a collision between federal preemption and state enforcement.

The FTC will not enforce COPPA against companies collecting children's data solely for age verification, even as sweeping new rules on biometrics, data retention, and parental consent take effect April 22.

Discord will default all users to a teen-appropriate experience in early March, gating adult features behind facial age estimation or government ID verification.