New Apple iPhone 15 models are displayed in the Apple store at The Grove in Los Angeles on the phone's worldwide release day on September 22, 2023. “It’s hard to believe there is any debate at this point around students using their cellphones in school.”
Teachers confiscated them despite the First Amendment – because they were a distraction, and because it’s not healthy for a kid to be ripped apart in public. And back then, we were only looking at an audience of maybe a few dozen.Current federal law holds social media companies immune from prosecution for today’s equivalent of the slam book.
But a message posted where anyone can see it? That’s not a phone call, that’s a broadcast. And it should be treated just like a broadcast is. That’s why we’re on an audio delay. I’ve been on the air here for 46 years – no one is more trustworthy than I am. OK, maybeAnd the time has come for social media companies to accept the same responsibility for the stuff that they allow to be broadcast.