According to him, minors will not be able to use social networking applications unless their carriers obtain consent from their parents or legal representatives. They also get full access to their children’s accounts for review.
Children under the age of eighteen will also be prohibited from using social media at night, in particular between 10:30pm and 6:30am, and operators will be required to strictly verify each user’s age.
The new rules should also make it easier to file lawsuits in cases of children being harmed by social media. Cox signed into law the same day that TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew also debated before Congress on the matter.
However, other giants in the sector are also under increasing pressure, such as Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, among others, or Elon Musk’s Twitter. While federal regulation is pending, Utah has taken matters into its own hands, and similar legislation is being worked on in other states.
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