Editorial: Social media is hurting kids. Why hasn't government stepped in?

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. It would require online services used by children to be designed in “age-appropriate” ways — such as banning location tracking and defaulting social media accounts to the most private settings — but does not take aim at addictive features or include an enforcement mechanism. It would establish a task force within the state’sto figure out a lot of the details, such as how platforms should verify users’ age and how to communicate privacy information in kid-friendly terms.

If the bills clear the Assembly this week they will advance to the Senate, where they will continue to be debated and refined throughout the summer. So there is more time to work out important questions raised by the legislation if Assembly members act this week to keep the debate alive. Of course, regulating global platforms one state at a time is less than ideal. We would much rather see Congress take action to make the internet safer for all American children, which it can do by passing the. This bipartisan legislation would require social media platforms to create tools allowing parents to modify algorithms and eliminate features, such as auto-play, that extend time online.

But California shouldn’t wait for Washington to act. As the home of Silicon Valley, the state that has brought life-altering technologies to the world has an obligation to help remedy their pitfalls. There’s too much at stake to allow Congress to drag its feet.

 

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opinion Liberals would never advocate on behalf of kids. Especially when their main source of brainwashing is social media…

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opinion Why does the Left think “Government” is the solution to every problem.

opinion The government doesn’t need to get involved.

opinion Hmmm...you all just want to censor our U.S. First Amendment in which my direct ancestor was partly one of the reasons for.

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opinion A third of the population thought mandating masking in a pandemic was government overreach. Imagine how they would take this. But maybe if school boards spent less time protecting kids from history, they could explain the dangers of social media to kids and parents alike.

opinion This question implies the United States is a nanny state and government is responsible for a child/children. Here’s a better question: why haven’t the parents who are actually responsible for their child/children stepped in?

opinion The government should stay out of social media. We don’t want them, we don’t need them.

opinion Just don't get your kids smart phones lmao, get them flip phones, and monitor them more closely if you do get them any smart devices. There's a lot of other things that the government should be doing thats more important. Just be better parents.

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