(Reuters) – New York is planning to ban social media corporations from utilizing algorithms to regulate content material to youth with out parental consent underneath a tentative settlement reached by state lawmakers, the Wall Avenue Journal reported on Monday, citing folks acquainted with the matter.
Social media platforms have lately come underneath scrutiny for its addictive nature and affect on the youth.
New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams stated in February that his administration has filed a lawsuit towards social media corporations together with Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:)’ Fb and Instagram for fueling psychological well being disaster among the many youth.
The laws is aimed toward stopping social media corporations from serving automated feeds to minors, the report stated.
The invoice, which remains to be being finalized however anticipated to be voted on this week, would additionally prohibit platforms from sending minors notifications throughout in a single day hours with out parental consent, the WSJ stated.
In March, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a invoice that bans youngsters aged underneath 14 from social media platforms and requires 14- and 15-year-olds to get parental consent, a measure supporters say will defend them from on-line dangers to their psychological well being.
Utah grew to become the primary U.S. state to undertake legal guidelines regulating youngsters’s entry to social media, in March final yr, adopted by others together with Arkansas, Louisiana, Ohio and Texas.
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