SFLC said the measure will exacerbate the chilling effect on press freedom, weaken the right to information and permanently impede public interest journalism, and transparency and accountability.

Billed as the nation’s most stringent effort to protect children on social media, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on June 20 signed into law the New York Child Data Protection Act (S.7695B/A.8149A) and the ...