Georgia sued over new social media parental consent law

Georgia lawmakers maintain that the law protects children, and they say that they will defend it. ATLANTA - A new Georgia law requiring parental consent for children to use social media has been ... Read More

Youngkin signs Dem-backed social media limits for kids

State senator and high school civics teacher Schuyler VanValkenburg says he has seen firsthand the damage caused by social media. Read More

Judge strikes down Ohio law requiring parental consent for kids to use social media

A federal judge has permanently struck down an Ohio law that would require kids younger than 16 to get parental consent to use social media.The ... billion state budget bill that Republican ... Read More

Texas bill could make state first to ban children from using social media

House Bill 186 would require social media platforms to verify users' ages using a commercial service and block minors from opening or using accounts. Read More

Parents react to bill restricting teen social media use: 'A lot of questions'

Triangle parents weighed in Tuesday night on House Bill 301, the new piece of legislation that would restrict social media access for North Carolinians younger than 16. The bill, which passed 106-6 in ... Read More

Group hopes to overturn Georgia law that requires parental consent for children to use social media

ATLANTA — A lawsuit was filed in federal court in Atlanta on Thursday to overturn Georgia’s new law that requires parental consent for children to use social media. Georgia became the eighth ... Read More

Social media sites sue Georgia over law requiring kids to have parental permission before using

The law required those children under 16 to get parental permission to open up a social media account. It also limited what kinds of ads those sites could show to children. Read More

Social media age restrictions needed but elusive

Editor’s note: “Behind the News” is the product of Sun staff assisted by the Sun’s AI lab, which includes a variety of tools such as Anthropic’s Claude, Perplexity AI, Google Gemini and ... Read More

State of Georgia sued over social media law

Georgia recently passed a law that requires parental consent for children under the age of 16 to use social media. AP News reported that Georgia is the eighth state to be challenged over its ... Read More

Social media parental-consent bill moves to final Unicameral vote

She said it also should make her bill ... consent requirement, LB 383 says social media platforms would have to include parental oversight tools so they could watch and monitor their children ... Read More