Gov. Lamont and AG Tong announce plans to combat youth social media addiction
The bill would require accounts to default to private settings, limit users to one hour per day on all social media platforms and stop push notifications between the hours of 9 p.m. and 8 a.m. Changes to these default settings would require parental consent.
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Gov. Ned Lamont and Attorney General William Tong announced plans to propose legislation that would establish state-level protections to battle youth social media addiction.
It includes banning social media companies from subjecting minors to harmful and addictive algorithms and notifications without parental consent.
A total of 95% of teens in the United States ages 13-14 are reported to use social media.
Social media has been a leading cause of anxiety, depression, eating disorders, sleep disruption, self-harm, suicidal ideation and more.
A minor will now need affirmative parental consent to use that social media platform.
The bill would require accounts to default to private settings, limit users to one hour per day on all social media platforms and stop push notifications between the hours of 9 p.m. and 8 a.m. Changes to these default settings would require parental consent.
The legislation would mandate that social media companies submit annual reports to the state detailing how many minors use their platforms, how many of those minors have parental consent to access addictive algorithms and the average daily time minors spend on the platforms, categorized by age group and time of day.
