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Subcommittee approves substitute in concept for SB 854 to limit minors’ default daily social media use to one hour
Summary
A substitute for Senate Bill 854 would set a one-hour-per-day default limit on a minor’s use of a service, allow parental adjustment, require age-verification data be used only for age checks, and delay effective date to Jan. 1. The subcommittee reported the substitute 7-0.
Senate Bill 854, as substituted in concept, would set a default limit of one hour per day per social-media service for minors, allow parents to increase or decrease that limit, restrict how age-verification data may be used, and move the effective date to Jan. 1. The subcommittee reported the substituted bill by a 7-0 vote.
Senator Van Bokkenberg, the bill’s sponsor, described the substitute as narrower than previous drafts: it removes the earlier “addictive feed” provisions and instead requires social-media platforms to limit a minor’s use of a…
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