Lawmakers and public figures, including David Lammy and Josh Hawley, are calling for government intervention to regulate children's access to social media. Mark Zuckerberg's decision to limit his own children's social media use has sparked commentary on the negative effects of social media. U.S. lawmakers are pushing for real action to address child exploitation on platforms like Facebook and Instagram, with calls for apologies from Zuckerberg. There are also calls for regulations to require social media users to be 18 or older, as concerns grow over the influence of tech titans like Zuckerberg on raising children.
Opinion | Congress should press the brakes on the revolution that has given Mark Zuckerberg and other tech titans an outsized role in raising our kids and require that users of social media be age 18 or older. https://t.co/xy7fQVlkXf
ICYMI: @HawleyMO calls on Zuckerberg to apologize to victims of child exploitation on Facebook and Instagram. Then Zuckerberg actually does it. https://t.co/2YanUdBggv
Commentary: U.S. lawmakers may have gotten Zuckerberg to apologize to the families of abused children, but real action is needed. https://t.co/lseAspsdV7
‘The man who essentially invented social media knows it is bad for us.’ @DavidLammy comments on Mark Zuckerberg’s limit on social media for his children. https://t.co/L2yBXt4Zc6
‘We did it with tobacco, we have rules with alcohol...why can’t we have rules on social media apps?’ @DavidLammy calls for further government intervention in children’s access to social media, as he questions how parents can be expected to control it alone. https://t.co/UVmH31cHXX