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The legislation's author said he’s getting the conversation started.
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Proposed legislation follows a national push to regulate the use of social media by minors, requiring users to verify their age and parents to authorize the child's account.
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The proposal aims to protect child social media influencers from financial exploitation.
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An Ohio law that requires children younger than 16 to get their parents’ consent to use social media apps was scheduled to take effect earlier this week. It landed in court instead.
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The new policies come as Meta is facing dozens of state lawsuits, possible federal legislation and mounting pressure from child safety advocacy groups to make its social networks safer for kids.
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NetChoice — whose members include Meta, Snap Inc., and TikTok — is seeking an injunction against Ohio's Social Media Parental Notification Act.
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The Social Media Parental Notification Act was passed as part of Ohio's two-year state budget last summer.
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U.S. Surgeon General warns that social media can have a "profound risk of harm" to the mental health of adolescents in recent public advisory.
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