United States | News & Politics

2838 readers

740 users here now

Welcome to [email protected], where you can share and converse about the different things happening all over/about the United States.

If you’re interested in participating, please subscribe.

Rules

Be respectful and civil. No racism/bigotry/hateful speech.

Post anything related to the United States.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Texas House passes bill banning minors from creating social media accounts (www.yahoo.com)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

17 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Today, the Texas House passed a bill 116-25 that would prohibit children from using social media. House Bill 186 requires a strict verification process to ensure account holders are at least 18 years old.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

“I firmly believe that social media is the most harmful product that our kids have legal access to in Texas,” said Rep. Jared Patterson, R-Frisco, the bill’s author.

Agreed. I even disagree with the opposition’s take:

“What about the concern that this is helping these social media companies collect even more data on us,” State Rep. Erin Zwiener, D-Driftwood, asked Patterson.

Oh, they already know. But this takes away the corporate plausible deniability of “we didn’t know they were kids!” when, mostly, they do.

Enforcement of this will be a nightmare, kids will hate it with a burning passion, but I will take the regulation we can get. At this point, I am all for this scorched Earth approach.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

A part of me thinks this is just trying to establish "No judge, I didn't sext a minor, she was on social media, how could I have known she was underage" as a valid legal defense.