Court ruling on California’s ‘Kids Code’ law raises concerns over fate of similar Maryland law

Maryland is one of two states, with California, to pass a so-called Kids Code law — legislation aimed at providing privacy and other protections to children using online platforms. But a federal appeals court’s decision last week to uphold much of a lower court’s injunction of the California law – on which Maryland’s law is based – is raising new fears about the vulnerability of the Maryland law to court challenge.