The new laws will also allow parents or guardians to have access to their children's posts. And minors will be blocked from accessing their accounts between 10.30pm and 6.30am unless a parent permits that the time restriction can be lifted.
Jim Steyer, the head of Common Sense Media which is dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families, hailed the effort to rein in social media's addictive features and set rules for litigation.
He said it"adds momentum for other states to hold social media companies accountable to ensure kids across the country are protected online". But he said giving parents access to children's social media posts would"deprive kids of the online privacy protections we advocate for".What happened at TikTok's hearing?
Age verification and parental consent may hamper children who want to create accounts on certain platforms, but does little to stop companies from harvesting their data once they are on, Mr Steyer said.Utah's law was signed on the same dayPlease use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerTikTok has 150 million American users but is under increasing pressure from US officials.
The company has been dogged by claims its Chinese ownership means user data could end up in the hands of the Chinese government or that it could be used to promote narratives favourable to the country's communist leaders.
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