Youth social media safeguards bill passes

Illinois bill limits how social media companies can target feeds to children

Bill would require social media companies to verify a child’s age on the device’s operating system and use stricter features for minors like limiting location-sharing and nighttime notifications.

Youth social media safeguards bill passes

SPRINGFIELD — Lawmakers on the final day of the General Assembly passed a bill to regulate how minors interact with social media and other online platforms to make them less addictive.