Child Social Media Oversight, Crypto Mining Plans Win OK

House OKs Regulation Of Social Media Targeting, Study Of Universal Basic Income

HARTFORD, CT — Bills to regulate social media companies' ability to target youngsters in various ways and another to study the universal basic income dominated the discussion in the House of Representatives on Wednesday before each was forwarded to the Senate.

Child social media oversight, crypto mining plans win OK

Underage Nebraskans would generally need their parents' consent to set up social media accounts under a bill passed by the Legislature Wednesday.

CT House aims to promote kids online safety with social media bill

Following what some called a lack of federal action, the CT House passed a bill to restrict the use of social media algorithms on children.

House approves bill requiring parental consent for social media

“One of the main benefits of a social media platform is its curation of vast amounts of user-generated content to highlight what a particular user will be most interested in viewing,” Christopher Gilrein, executive director with Northeast TechNet, said.   He also said social media platforms would have a hard time verifying a user’s age.   Republicans were split on...

Kuri noted that a federal standard in this area would strengthen state legislative efforts and help address the risks faced by children and adolescents in the digital environment

Ambitious "social media for minors" bill passes House

The Connecticut House has passed a bill that would make sweeping changes to social media in an effort to protect minors from some of its potentially harmful effects, in line with Attorney General Tong’s recommendations. Tong first recommended the legislation in February, calling social media “addictive by design.” In 2022, Tong opened an investigation into Tik Tok’s algorithm, and in 2023, he sued Meta, alleging the company of knowingly pushing …