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Panel advances Teen Social Media and Internet Safety Act; sponsor cites safety and AI concerns
Summary
The Education Instruction Subcommittee voted to advance House Bill 825, which would direct the Department of Education to create social media, internet safety and AI lesson plans for grades 6–12 and would include a parental opt-out and a prohibition on accessing social media at school.
The Education Instruction Subcommittee voted to send House Bill 825, the Teen Social Media and Internet Safety Act, to the full education committee after a brief discussion of implementation details and curriculum timing.
Representative Mayberry, the bill sponsor, told the committee the measure would ask the Department of Education to create lesson plans on social media, internet safety and artificial intelligence for grades 6 through 12 and said the bill would "make it where you cannot…
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