Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into regulation Friday a invoice banning “addictive” social media content material for minors.
The Defending Our Children from Social Media Dependancy Act prevents social media corporations from “knowingly offering an addictive feed to a minor with out parental consent,” according to a press launch from the governor’s workplace. The law additionally prohibits on-line platforms from issuing notifications to minors throughout faculty hours and after midnight.
“Each mum or dad is aware of the hurt social media habit can inflict on their youngsters – isolation from human contact, stress and nervousness, and countless hours wasted late into the evening,” Newsom mentioned in an announcement. “With this invoice, California helps defend youngsters and youngsters from purposely designed options that feed these damaging habits. I thank Senator Skinner for advancing this vital laws that places youngsters’s well-being first.”
California Governor Gavin Newsom talks to journalists within the media middle on the Pennsylvania Conference Heart earlier than the primary presidential debate between Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on September 10, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photograph by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
The regulation defines “addictive feed” as content material “really useful, chosen, or prioritized for show to a person primarily based on info offered by the person, or in any other case related to the person or the person’s machine.” On-line platforms are additionally required to yearly report the variety of minors utilizing the platform and supply what number of it has obtained verifiable parental consent from. (RELATED: ‘Potentially Devastating’: Parents Sue Gavin Newsom Over New Law Allowing Schools To Secretly Transition Kids’ Genders)
Many states have been taking motion to guard minors from the possibly damaging results of social media, with Utah paving the best way in March of 2023 by means of a regulation banning minors from social media with out parental consent. Florida enacted related laws in March of 2024 which banned youngsters below the age of 14 from social media platforms with out parental consent.
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