Sen. Hawley Wants To Create Legal Age To Be Allowed on Social Media

[DEAD7]

Sen. Hawley Wants To Create Legal Age To Be Allowed on Social Media​

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., intends to make his focus in the current Congress a legislative package aimed at protecting children online -- including by setting the age threshold to be on social media at 16. From a report:

In an interview with NBC News, Hawley detailed some top lines of what his agenda will include, such as:

1. Mandating social media companies verify the age of their users.
2. Providing parents a right to demand that tech companies delete their kids' data.
3. Commissioning a wide-ranging congressional mental-health study on the impact social media has on children.

"For me, this is about protecting kids, protecting their mental health, protecting their safety," Hawley said. "There's ample evidence to this effect that big tech companies put their profits ahead of protecting kids online." Since his election to the Senate in 2018, Hawley has made scrutinizing the tech industry core to his political brand and has pushed for breaking up the tech giants and curtailing the reach of TikTok.

 

[Sir Richard Spirit]

100% support.

 

[PoorAndDangerous]

Not going to stop kids from getting on social media.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Sen. Hawley Wants To Create Legal Age To Be Allowed on Social Media​

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., intends to make his focus in the current Congress a legislative package aimed at protecting children online -- including by setting the age threshold to be on social media at 16. From a report:

In an interview with NBC News, Hawley detailed some top lines of what his agenda will include, such as:

1. Mandating social media companies verify the age of their users.
2. Providing parents a right to demand that tech companies delete their kids' data.
3. Commissioning a wide-ranging congressional mental-health study on the impact social media has on children.

"For me, this is about protecting kids, protecting their mental health, protecting their safety," Hawley said. "There's ample evidence to this effect that big tech companies put their profits ahead of protecting kids online." Since his election to the Senate in 2018, Hawley has made scrutinizing the tech industry core to his political brand and has pushed for breaking up the tech giants and curtailing the reach of TikTok.

Whos snitching to congress from the server

 

[DEAD7]

Not going to stop kids from getting on social media.

We should still try

 

[Pure Water]

Eh... I don't know.

 

[bnew]

he's just demanding shyt and not actually creating a solution no one(china comes close) has been able to solve.

 

[bnew]

We should still try

try what?!
do you know how the internet works?

 

[ORDER_66]

This didnt try this with porn and it was a horrible idea...

 

[bnew]

verify age of users = deanonymizing adults.

this is not going to happen since it'll hinder the bots and right wing propagandists online.

 

[the cac mamba]

i dont have a problem with a 16 age limit in theory, but that's the problem. 'theory'

 

[Secure Da Bag]

2 and 3 is good. 1 is just so they can build a list.

 

[Json]

I mean, what is he calling social media is the main problem.

If he’s just talking about Facebook or Twitter, it will just give rise to another Tumblr that skirts the definition.

The party of personal responsibility doesn’t actual understand personal responsibility. It begins and ends at the parent telling kids no

 

[bdkane]

How does he feel about changing the legal age to buy guns?

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

We should still try

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