Social media companies refuse to safeguard kids. It's up to lawmakers now

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State and federal lawmakers are trying to create regulations to protect kids from potential harms from social media use. It's not easy to find balance.

From state capitols to Washington, D.C., lawmakers are scrambling to come up with regulations that can protect kids from the potential harms of social media, since the platforms have been unwilling to adopt reasonable safeguards themselves.

Nancy Skinner would require that social media platforms essentially turn off their algorithms for users under 18 and instead serve them content through a chronological feed from people they follow and information that they’ve searched for. The algorithms are designed to feed users a steady stream of content they didn't necessarily ask for that keeps them on the app, which is why the algorithms have been called addictive.

 

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