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The bill aims to establish guidelines to protect minors from harmful material on social media platforms through a duty of care system and requiring covered platforms to disable "addicting" design features to minors. The bill originates from the 2021 Facebook leak, which led to a congressional investigation of Big Tech's
The Social Media Working Group Act of 2014 is a bill that would direct the United States Secretary of Homeland Security to establish within the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a social media working group (the Group) to provide guidance and best practices to the emergency preparedness and response community on the use of social media technologies before, during, and after a ...
The TikTok bill the House passed and sent to the Senate may be just the start of efforts from lawmakers to crack down on social media companies.
Protecting Kids on Social Media Act or HB 1891 is an American law that was created by William Lamberth of Sumner County, Tennessee and was later enacted by Tennesse's Governor on May 2, 2024. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The bill requires social media websites such as X, YouTube, TikTok, Facebook and others to verify the age of users and if those users ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle hailed a ruling by the Supreme Court on Friday that upheld a law that gives popular Chinese-owned social media app TikTok until ...
But it also spotlighted Congress’ own glaring — and longstanding — inability to pass any meaningful legislation to rein in tech platforms. ... a leading social media bill. But Microsoft has ...
The bill was passed on 12 June 2023 by the Ohio congress. Lieutenant governor Jon Husted advocated for the law due to his belief that social media is "designed to be addictive and is harming the mental health of children.". [2] [3]
The social media bill goes to Gov. Brian Kemp for signature or veto. ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia could join other states in requiring children younger than 16 to have their parents’ explicit ...