Utah became the first state to pass legislation seeking to limit teenagers' access to social media sites last week. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox said he signed the two bills in order to protect the ...
while Utah’s version is currently being challenged. As the New York Times noted, the reason is fairly straightforward: restricting access to social media means restricting access to speech, and in ...
And some have called for sweeping policies to ban or restrict access ... limits on social media access, with Utah and Arkansas banning social media for children and requiring parental consent for ...
The podcast cover image for this The Future in Context (TFIC) episode features an AI-generated image of a young person scrolling a social media feed at night. (DALL-E 3) Lawmakers, industry ...
But the kneejerk reaction — to propose blanket bans on teens’ social media use — is unrealistic ... when many might otherwise access no support at all. Even if the average effects of these ...
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has signed legislation outlining when children can have access to social media. Additionally, websites with sexually explicit material will need to use age verification to ...
Teenagers are increasingly using social media to self-diagnose their mental health issues, alarming parents and advocates who say actual care should be easier to access. A poll by EdWeek Research ...
SAN FRANCISCO—At a recent session with a group of high-schoolers, digital-wellness advocate Larissa May explained how social-media apps tune their algorithms to keep users scrolling. She helped ...
“The more time kids spend on social media ... just-a-click-away access comes with an onslaught of emotions, pressure and fear. In order to protect the privacy of the teens we spoke to and ...
Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law banning children under the age of 14 from having their own social media accounts ... could infringe on teens' First Amendment rights to access information ...
In the years since Instagram and other apps launched, rates of anxiety and depression among teens have soared. The U.S. Surgeon General warned last year that social media could pose a “profound ...