While I agree with the sentiment, this is a really stupid thing for them to try. More laws won’t fix the problems in this country.
I 100% support this but somehow I think the courts will twist and turn and decide children have more rights than voting adult citizens.
I get it. But this just makes a bad look. And it will be entirely ignored and kids will find loopholes.
If you have a reliable way to track the age filter, then the identity of the person is also tracked by a “non-governmental third party”. Experian, Microsoft, Amazon are all “non-governmental 3rd parties” with lots of info that are happy to sell the information to the government. They are taking on quasi-governmental attributes themselves.
If you seriously want to tackle this with regulation, then regulate what can be “collected” from accounts and how much it can sell for. This is assuming that Zuckerberg doesn’t already own your government’s a$$. Also, you can prohibit any of it from going out of the country.
All of the evil crap will whither on the vine and go away.
I know, I know - this doesn’t sound like Reagan. But neither does what is being proposed, and at least it attacks the real problem and not just for kids.
To my mind, it’s a contract...and there’s an age limit as to who can make a valid contract.
Legislation is no substitute for parenting.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
You can’t legislate morality. etc. etc. etc...
Does becoming a politician turn humans into idiots, or is being an idiot prerequisite to a career in politics?
And just how is this going to be enforced? I hope it dies. It is one thing to prohibit inappropriate outright pornographic material in schools but this is going overboard.
For many kids social media ends up being a life line. The concentration should be on those who misuse it for stuff like stalking, bullying, exploiting. Laws exist to address that.
Morons.
Social media is a resource but can do much damage. It’s stupid to make a law that cannot be enforced. Kids have friends, older sibs that can get access for them. Heavy handed misguided laws are no substitute for concerned involved parents. The State is intrusive enough, too apt to remove rights from parents.
That’s the parents job...............
Impossible to enforce.
Unfortuanely, this bill would stop me from using ANY social media. I live in Florida.
I want my anonymity. If f/b requires me to ID myself, I AM GONE.
Some people just want to you .gov on their issues to keep us ‘safe’. Repubs have forgotten decades ago the point of government.
Figuratively (and probably literally) pissing up a rope.
Good luck with that . . .
Dumb idea.
There is not much difference between liberals and conservatives. Almost all think another law will fix the situation.
15 year old kids will just VPN their way around this.
It’s the n21st century version of getting a “McLovin” fake ID.
Under 21 and you can’t buy alcohol, tobacco, vapes, Bic lighters, matches, charcoal fluid, etc in the entire U.S.