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New york isn't all bad..at least they are trying to do something.
https://apnews.com/article/social-media-tech-kids-new-york-82779a3040385dfc26c6ee15f490234e
New York moves to ban ‘addictive’ social media feeds for kids
FILE — Isabella Cimato, 17, left, Arianna Schaden, 14, center, and Sofia Harrison, 15, check their phones at Roosevelt Field shopping mall in Garden City, N.Y., on July 27, 2015. The New York state Legislature has passed a bill, Friday, June 7, 2024, that would allow parents to block their kids from getting social media posts suggested by a platform's algorithm — a regulation that tries to curtail feeds that critics argue are addicting to children.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
FILE — Isabella Cimato, 17, left, Arianna Schaden, 14, center, and Sofia Harrison, 15, check their phones at Roosevelt Field shopping mall in Garden City, N.Y., on July 27, 2015. The New York state Legislature has passed a bill, Friday, June 7, 2024, that would allow parents to block their kids from getting social media posts suggested by a platform’s algorithm — a regulation that tries to curtail feeds that critics argue are addicting to children.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
BY ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE
Updated 3:33 PM EDT, June 7, 2024
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The New York state Legislature on Friday passed a bill that would allow parents to block their kids from getting social media posts suggested by a platform’s algorithm — a regulation that tries to curtail feeds that critics argue are addicting to children.
Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, is expected to sign it into law.
The move comes amid heightened concern about social media use among children and an ever-unfolding push to regulate tech platforms in different ways at the state and federal levels.
In practice, the bill would stop platforms from showing suggested posts to people under the age of 18, content the legislation describes as “addictive.” Instead, children would only get posts from accounts they follow. A minor could still get the suggested posts if he or she has what the bill defines as “verifiable parental consent.”
It would also block platforms from sending notifications about suggested posts to minors between midnight and 6 a.m. without parental consent.
The legislation tasks Attorney General Letitia James, who pushed for the bill, with coming up with rules to determine both the age of the user and a mechanism to determine parental consent. The bill would take effect 180 days after James establishes those guidelines.