A federal judge has blocked Arkansas from enforcing a new law that would have required parental consent for minors to create new social media accounts. U.S.
A federal judge has blocked Arkansas from enforcing a new law that would have required parental consent for minors to create new social media accounts. U.S.
I actually think that would’ve been a good idea
Eh, I don’t feel strongly enough to debate it in-depth, but if parents really don’t want their kids on websites just about every device imaginable that connects to the internet has parental control features. It shouldn’t be on the government to block websites when the actual action should be for parents to educate themselves on the devices and do their job by setting their own child’s limits - not rely on the government to blanket ban it for everyone else.
That would require parents do their jobs though and keep educated on the world around them, which overwhelmingly a lot of people just don’t feel like doing.
EDIT: Last thought, I was on the internet learning to do shit in middle school and owe a lot of my current career to that. I don’t think limiting children to the world around them is a recipe for success and is just a way to make people collectively stupider from lack of exposure.
I think social media should be limited for everyone, not just kids to be honest
Feel free to limit yourself then. Don’t try and legislate limits on others.
Yep, I agree with this take. As much as I feel social media is a detriment to the human species and especially children, I think it should be up to the parents to regulate that. We have more important things to spend our tax dollars on than endless regulation for problems which will continue to exist in any case.
Not if I have to upload my ID to SNS.