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Texas will require parental consent for kids to use social media
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2023
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How would you even enforce that?
Of course every parent should have an idea of their kids are doing on the internet or at least educate their kids to such a degree that they don't require supervision and can be trusted use the internet responsibly. But that is just common sense and should fall in to the general responsibilities of a parent.
I don’t disagree. I also don’t think think this law will work.
But I have to say as a parent of 3 tween kids it is damn hard to monitor what they consume. If I had one, I could maybe keep up but there are so many apps and so many devices.
Ok, you’ve got parent controls on the iOS devices that sync but those don’t sync with the Chromebooks or the Rokus or Kindles in the house.
Great, got YouTube setup with parental controls but my artist child wants to watch painting tutorials but for whatever reason YouTube kids block those. Ok now, changed that on the tv but they want to paint on the back porch so I have to switch it iPad… as nauseam.
And as far as teaching kids to be safe online, yes that’s important but kids are also smart but inexperienced humans who get curious or find something new you hadn’t thought of.
In conclusion: real problem without easy solutions. This law is a half assed attempt at one.
Presumably they’d enforce it by requiring social media companies do age verification.
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