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

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

All these bills have great ideas but all just boil down to, “We want to collect every single users ID ~~so we can track down dissenters~~ to protect kids”