Keeping children safe on social media: What parents should know to protect their kids

Keeping children safe on social media: What parents should know to protect their kids - The Morning Sun

At what age should kids be on social media? Should they be on it at all? If they aren't, will they be social pariahs? Should parents monitor their conversations? Do parental controls work? Navigating social media as a parent — not to mention a child — is not easy. Using social media platforms is still the default for most American teenagers, with the Pew Research Center reporting that 58% of teens are daily users of TikTok, including 17% who de…

Keeping children safe on social media: What parents should know to protect their kids

At what age should kids be on social media? Should they be on it at all? If they aren't, will they be social pariahs? Should parents monitor their conversations? Do

Keeping children safe on social media: What parents should know to protect their kids

At what age should kids be on social media

New York Pushes to Regulate ‘Addictive’ Social Media Feeds for Children

With little time remaining before this year’s legislative session ends, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is pushing for a legislative package aimed at reducing “addictive” social media use among children and teenagers. The Democrat governor has been advocating for the pair of legislations since October and has accused the algorithm-driven social media feeds of addicting young users and damaging their mental health. If the final drafts passed before th…

New York lawmakers working to regulate kids' social media feeds

New York lawmakers said Tuesday, June 4, they’re working to finalize legislation that would allow parents to block their children from getting certain social media posts. New York’s Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) For Kids Act would prohibit algorithm-fed content without “verifiable parental consent.” The legislation aims to protectt kids’ mental health and development by shielding them from features designed to keep them endlessly scro…

Hooray for Hochul: New York leads nation in protecting kids on social media

Hand it to Gov. Hochul for wrangling the Legislature into passing first-in-the-nation legislation to regulate social-media feeds for younger kids.