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Witness urges strict definition, cites harms as House panel considers H.54 to limit social media in schools
Summary
A witness for the Social Media Victims Law Center told the House Education Committee that Vermont students are being harmed by in-school use of social media and urged lawmakers to adopt H.54 with a narrow but enforceable definition of "social media."
A witness for the Social Media Victims Law Center told the House Education Committee on May 7 that Vermont students are being harmed by school use of social media and urged support for H.54, a bill to prohibit required student use of social media and limit student-facing platform features during the school day.
Laura, an attorney with the Social Media Victims Law Center, told the committee she and her organization have represented more than 4,000 children nationwide and that at least eight children in Vermont are among their clients. "Social media is not the Internet," she said, arguing the bill is written to preserve legitimate internet resources while barring features she described as addictive and exploitative.
The testimony centered on three problems the witness tied to…
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