of the major states of the USA Texaschildren’s access to social media without parental consent banned.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law a bill banning children under the age of 18 from signing up on a wide variety of social media sites without their parents’ consent. Texas, He made this decision by following the path of Utah and Louisiana. “HB 18”, the draft law will allow social media companies to start in September of next year. Requires explicit consent from their parents or guardians before allowing minors to create their own accounts. The bill also obliges these companies to create new filtering systems to prevent children from viewing “harmful” content such as eating disorders and substance abuse. As reported, Texas’ definition of “digital service” under this law is extremely broad and this poses a problem for now. According to the law, parental consent will be required for children trying to access almost all sites that collect their identity information, so a serious process will come into play for both parents and site owners.
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