A bill proposed by a Texas Republican lawmaker would prevent children under 18 from signing up for social media platforms and force companies to verify the ages of users.
‘America’s Newsroom’ co-host Dana Perino offers advice to combat pressures around social media on ‘Sunday Night in America.’lawmaker has put forward a bill that would ban children in the state from using social media.
"Once thought to be perfectly safe for users, social media access to minors has led to remarkable rises in self-harm, suicide, and mental health issues," Patterson said, likening social media to cigarette use before it was widely deemed unsafe in the 1960s. "The harms social media poses to minors are demonstrable not just in the internal research from the very social media companies that create these addictive products, but in the skyrocketing depression, anxiety, and even suicide rates we are seeing afflict children," Greg Sindelar, CEO of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, said in a statement.
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