CNN Business reports:
The bill requires social media platforms to confirm the ages of all users and to refuse accounts to those under 18 unless they have parental permission. Obviously, it would be a shitshow for a global platform to even attempt to enforce.
Read the full article.Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a sweeping bill imposing a minimum age limit for social media usage. But even as Sanders signed the bill into law on Wednesday afternoon, the legislation appeared to contain vast loopholes and exemptions benefiting companies that lobbied on the bill. The Social Media Safety Act is aimed at giving parents more control over their kids’ social media usage.
Media companies that “exclusively” offer subscription content; social media platforms that permit users to “generate short video clips of dancing, voice overs, or other acts of entertainment”; and companies that “exclusively offer” video gaming-focused social networking features were exempted. Another amendment carved out companies that sell cloud storage services.
The bill requires social media platforms to confirm the ages of all users and to refuse accounts to those under 18 unless they have parental permission. Obviously, it would be a shitshow for a global platform to even attempt to enforce.