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Minn. House passes bill limiting addictive social-media features for children, 132-2
Summary
The Minnesota House on May 12 approved House File 4138 as amended, banning specified addictive features for accounts identified as belonging to children and adding parental-consent and privacy safeguards; supporters hailed it as a first step, opponents warned of gaps and possible litigation.
The Minnesota House passed House File 4138 as amended on May 12, approving a measure aimed at reducing social-media harms for children.
Sponsor Representative Scott urged lawmakers to vote for the bill, saying it will require platforms to provide high-privacy default settings for child accounts and remove addictive functions such as infinite scrolling, autoplay video and visible engagement metrics for users the platforms identify as under age 16. “This bill is going to do a lot to protect our kids,” Scott said on the floor.
Supporters described the law as a bipartisan first step. Representative Bonner, who withdrew a…
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