Maybe we should ban social media for teens - TALKLINKED April 1, 2024

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

Florida bans kids under 14 from social media; 15, 16-year-olds require parental consent

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/26/ron-desantis-florida-social-media-ban-children

Editor: 12ft.io/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/26/ron-desantis-florida-social-media-ban-children 

https://globalnews.ca/news/10385088/florida-social-media-ban-under-14-ron-desantis/

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/floridas-desantis-signs-law-restricting-social-media-people-under-16-2024-03-25/

Pornhub prepared to block Florida if child safety law takes effect

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/03/pornhub-prepared-to-block-florida-if-child-safety-law-takes-effect/

 

Source for the California law: https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/18/23879489/california-age-appropriate-design-code-act-blocked-unconstitutional-first-amendment-injunction

Specific quote: https://lmg.gg/WMRHh

 

 

 

 

TikTok bill gets unanimous support

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2024/03/07/key-house-panel-passes-potential-tiktok-ban-in-50-0-vote/?sh=39e73e31e658

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521/text?s=1&r=1

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/tiktok-ban-bill-passes-house-committee-1235934291/

What the Bill Does https://lmg.gg/rzLqw

TikTok prompts users to call representatives in-app https://twitter.com/QuiverQuant/status/1765782288288108851

And they did, en masse https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/03/07/congress/tiktok-users-revolt-00145633

TikTok & ByteDance may get sued by FTC https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/26/biden-administration-tiktok-data-practices-00149139 

 

Apparently bill is stalled in the Senate - partially because tech industry is regulated by a number of different govt bodies, AND this issue falls weirdly on partisan lines

https://apnews.com/article/senate-tiktok-ban-lobbying-congress-china-a340cf30b05343816380793af1c5d186

 

 

Source for the UK biometrics point: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/unproven-ai-face-scans-may-estimate-age-for-access-in-uk/

 

Harassment of student of Tibetan descent may have been foreign influence https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/china-tibet-student-election-1.5019648