Florida is on the verge of passing one of the nation’s most restrictive bans on minors’ use of social media after the state Senate passed a bill Thursday that would keep children under the age of 16 off popular platforms regardless of parental approval.
The measure now goes back to the state House, where the speaker has made the issue his top priority during the legislative session that ends March 8. Still, critics have pointed to similar efforts in other states that have been blocked by courts.
The bill targets any social media site that tracks user activity, allows children to upload material and interact with others, and uses addictive features designed to cause excessive or compulsive use. Supporters point to rising suicide rates among children, cyberbullying and predators using social media to prey on kids.
Just thought I’d point out that a queer kid with religious parents has an opportunity to find other queer kids and allies via social media.
Should social media do more to ensure child safety? Sure. Is that the reason for Florida doing this? Florida caring about child welfare? What do you think?
I love the party of “small government” fighting to control what websites your children can visit. You know it’s the same people that spent all of 2020 and 2021 screaming about how they shouldn’t be forced to wear a mask or get a vaccine.
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Exceedingly rare Florida W
They’ve gone so far to the right that they accidentally did a leftism.
This will require a driver license for every social media account. Adios anonymous political discourse.
Probably just a side effect no doubt.
Can’t believe I’m gonna say this but…good job Florida?
I think they underestimate how capable kids are of making their own damn platforms. With blackjack and hookers.
Survival off the fittest. Only the kids who havnt had their entire frontal lobe scrambled my constant iPad use can get on socials.
And I’m sure this won’t be like those “click here if you are over 18” buttons that I definitely never clicked when I was underage. Nope. We all know kids aren’t rebellious.
And they definitely wouldn’t lie about their birth date to make an account
Supporters point to rising suicide rates among children, cyberbullying and predators using social media to prey on kids.
That isn’t the reason for this.
Yeah if they actually cared about that they wouldn’t be demanding lgbtq people and helping make their suicide rates higher.
Get off my Facebook lawn kids reeeee
good. Social media is poison on young brains
Then don’t let your kids on it. Don’t take away other people’s freedom of choice.
thats a choice they should not have
The social media is turning the kids into leftists. Can’t have that.
Good start but we should ban it for everyone
Oh look, a broken clock.
Good. Kids need to go out and interact with their fellow humans, not look at a screen for 28 hours a day
Wait… a bill from Florida that isn’t malicious? Someone pinch me.
