New law has been passed in California to protect children from social media addiction. California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed the bill. It will be effective from 2027. This law was passed to ensure that children do not get addictive feeds in their social media feeds. News Reuters.
Social media accounts receive a variety of posts throughout the day. Notifications about the posts also keep coming. It contains many posts that push kids towards addiction. This law is to ensure that such posts do not end up on children’s accounts.
This requires social media companies to make corresponding changes in algorithms. Any addictive post on children’s social feeds without parental permission will be considered a crime. Adult content in children’s feeds will also be considered a crime.
New restrictions passed in California. For example, no notifications should come on children’s social media accounts during school hours. Also, it should be ensured that no notification comes during sleeping time from 12:00 pm to 6:00 am. Children’s accounts must be kept private.
California is not the first to introduce legislation to protect children from social media addiction. Such a law was passed in New York earlier this year. That law allows parents to control children’s social media posts. The US state of Utah has also passed legislation to curb children’s social media addiction.
