Utah passes laws aimed at restricting child and teen access to social media platforms

The laws signed by Utah’s Republican governor are the first of their kind in the nation.

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[abbystephens]

I don’t agree with this. I have made many positive interactions online and felt accepted in online communities. Also teens can just find a way around this.

[TriangIe]

This isn’t going to play out well. The younger kids know a lot more social media and how it works than these geezers passing this law. They will find ways to circumvent the regulations.

[bobcourtier]

I remember when they banned Rock & Roll in the 1950s.

[sisterdoublehappiness]

When I was a child, lawmakers used to complain about comic books and television destroying children's minds. Now, we have Comicon and 500 channels on TV and nobody complains about them much anymore. Instead, they've moved onto a new bugbear, social media, the new author of all the younger generation's ills.

[onedelacruz]

Need more laws like this around the world. Include mobile and online games, close porn sites.

[GS-oovh]

What about if you are a parent on TikTok?

[imageislandmarine]

Should have done this 10yrs ago. The only push back will come from the companies that try to sell products to your children.

[Amanda-Pandaz]

Lol can't the teens just fake their age and make up a fake parents email. Right good idea. XD well at least one state is doing something about seeing social media for something.

[Dabbztv]

Utah really sounds like a nice place, at least they are trying to save some of humanity in this country

[Nirobiscloset]

Their parents will let them use theirs. Banned it all together.

[kris]

Just ban social media altogether. The world would be a much better place without it

[yoginiheart]

I totally agree with Utah. Minors must be protected.

[josepha]

lol mothers worried that there kids will see them onlyfans

[joedoe]

Hope they restrict gang activity in social media, like gang signs, guns, ext!!and make parents responsible for juvenile actions

[wyatthuber]

As a proud Utahn the country should take steps to be like us not religiously but stuff like this #1 economy we don’t need money from the federal government and just overall are government cares about us here and the children oh and are guns we love are guns here

[LA-emkr]

Thank you for passing a bill today! "Parents Rights." Not one Democrat in office agreed to it!

[brendynbraithwaite.]

Well really.. what are we going to do when the world needs doctors like it actually already does but all out kids knew they didn't need to pay for an education just to be the entertainment... Why pay to go to school and be something that's actually essential when the entertainment gets paid more and it's completely free ... Literally a no brainer...