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Westford’s state representative helps advance social-media restrictions for minors and $4.58B transportation bond bill
Summary
State Representative Jim Rierro supported a House-approved bill to restrict under-14s from creating social media accounts and require school 'bell-to-bell' device policies, and helped pass a $4.58 billion transportation bonding package. Both measures now head to the Senate.
Westford State Representative Jim Rierro helped advance two major bills in the Massachusetts House that the broadcast described as affecting youth online access and statewide transportation funding.
The first bill would restrict minors’ access to social media by prohibiting children under 14 from creating accounts and requiring verified parental consent for 14- and 15-year-olds. It would obliged social media companies to implement age-verification systems and could impose civil…
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