Sen. Josh Hawley wants Arkansas and Utah’s new laws limiting children’s social media usage to create momentum for nationwide rules to reduce digital danger for children under 16 years old.
Arkansas and Utah’s governors recently signed restrictions on children’s social media usage that require age verification and parental consent, with Utah also setting a curfew for when kids can access the platforms.
“As a parent, this is a very personal thing,” Ms. Sanders said at a press conference last week. “I have a 10-year-old, a 9-year-old and a 7-year-old, and seen the increase that we have not just here in Arkansas but across the country when it comes to things like depression, anxiety, loneliness, suicide rates, particularly among teenage girls.”
CCIA state policy director Khara Boender said her team favors solutions like the tech safety agreements pushed by North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, which are designed to get parents and their children to talk about how to stay safe online. Utah’s new social media rules require tech companies to set a curfew on the platform from 10:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. for users under the age of 18.
Mr. Hawley supports banning TikTok, and his efforts to restrict the China-founded app have garnered more support from fellow lawmakers thus far than his legislation aimed at limiting children’s exposure to social media.
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