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Social media lobby group sues US State for protecting children from Meta, TikTok and Snapchat (www.firstpost.com)

submitted 10 months ago by tardigrada to c/technology

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A new law, signed by Republican Governor Mike DeWine in July, is considered as a way to safeguard children’s mental health, citing concerns about the intentionally addictive nature of social media.

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[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago

You'd think if it was they'd be pointing to that.

As far as I'm concerned "you must have parental consent until 18" is perfectly legitimate, because you can't really sign contracts or fully legally consent until then.