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Florida's DeSantis signs law restricting social media for people under 16
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill that bans children aged under 14 from social media platforms and requires 14- and 15-year-olds to get parental consent, a measure supporters say will protect them from online risks to their mental health.
The measure requires social media platforms to terminate the accounts of people under 14 and those of people under 16 who do not have parental consent. It requires them to use a third-party verification system to screen out those who are underage.
The amended version allows for parents to provide consent for older children to engage on social media platforms. It will become law on Jan. 1, 2025.
[...] "Social media harms children in a variety of ways," DeSantis said in a statement. He said the legislation "gives parents a greater ability to protect their children."
[...] Critics have said the bill violates the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment protections for free speech and that parents, not the government, should make decisions about the online presence of their children of all ages.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by mcgrew on Saturday March 30 2024, @07:02PM
They were always for the nanny state, against personal rights and freedoms. What they're against is regulating business in any way. It was Purina's God-given RIGHT to not have an elevator door when my Grandpa fell four stories in 1969 before there was an OSHA.
The Republicans were for the prohibition of alcohol, and of cannabis. They were the party of Joe McCarthy in the 1950s, and against civil rights in the 1960s.
They're also for taxing anybody or anything needed by the working class, and completely against taxes on the rich. Before WWII you had to owe over 4 times the median income to owe taxes, but the Republicans let the rich inflate workers' tax brackets in the inflationary Reagan and Bush days, while cutting capital gains taxes.
For the last half of the 20th century the Republicans were for the rich, the Democrats were for the poor, and nobody was for the workers. Now all of the workers are poor and both parties are only for the rich, or they would triple the minimum wage to match 1965's buying power.
A rising minimum wage is a rising tide, and a rising tide lifts all boats. Except, of course, the anchored yachts.
Poe's Law [nooze.org] has nothing to do with Edgar Allen Poetry