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Committee hears two bills to restrict minors’ social media access; ACLU raises privacy and First Amendment concerns
Summary
The House Committee on Innovation and Technology heard related bills seeking to restrict minors’ access to social media and voted to hold the measures for further study after testimony that included both supporting and opposing views.
The House Committee on Innovation and Technology heard two bills aimed at limiting minors’ access to social media and submitted them to further study.
Representative Spears introduced House Bill 5291, saying the measure “prohibits the use of social media platforms, until age 18,” while allowing parental consent to override the age floor and assigning oversight to the Department of Business Regulation. Spears told the committee that the substanive goals include removing direct messaging for minors, preventing broad public sharing of typical social media material by minors, and creating consumer protections tied to platform design and criminal…
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