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Rep. Angela Arsenal proposes registry for social media and AI companies to aid enforcement
Summary
Representative Angela Arsenal asked the committee to consider a registry (H365) that would require social media and AI companies doing business in Vermont to register and attest they follow state standards (age-appropriate design, limits on dark patterns, data-use safeguards) to make enforcement and oversight easier.
Representative Angela Arsenal presented H365 to the House Commerce & Economic Development Committee on April 1, proposing a registry for social media and AI companies that do business in Vermont.
Arsenal said the registry would be a proactive tool to identify companies operating in the state, require them to attest to a set of consumer-protection standards (mirroring elements in proposed data-privacy and age-appropriate design bills) and provide an enforcement mechanism beyond waiting for harms to…
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