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Governor Healey opened the press event, thanked attendees and introduced senior officials and guests present, including Secretary of Education Steve Zich, Deputy Attorney General Sarah Cable, Max Paige (Massachusetts Teachers Association), Philip O'Connor (Lynn Teachers Union), Everett High School senior Emma Perry, and Jaya Springs (youth advisory council chair).
Governor Healey announced a proposal to require social media platforms to set default protections for users under 18 — including a two-hour default daily limit, deactivation of addictive features and stronger privacy/parental-consent controls — and was joined by education and teacher-union leaders, a student and child-safety advocates who voiced support. Reporters asked about legal risk, technical feasibility and costs; the governor and the deputy attorney general said the plan focuses on default settings intended to withstand legal challenge and that the state expects no direct fiscal cost.
