If you live in Illinois, time to call your state legislators. Don't know who they are? Check with the state board of elections or pluralpolicy.com/find-your-le...
Teenagers are not their parents' property and they have independent rights to speak and be spoken to, and as always, the "evidence" that social media is harmful to teenagers is deeply overblown. bsky.app/profile/raha...
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DAMP BABY DRYER LINT
That problem alone is fatal. Then there's overbreadth, the bullshit definition of "addictive feed", the time restrictions, the parental control (remember: there is no national database of parents and children and people lie about it CONSTANTLY), and the fact half of it is already covered by COPPA.
Here's the categories of bullshit this bill contains:
I have so many fucking questions
This bill merges the "Age Appropriate Design Code" model legislation with the "App Store Accountability Act" model legislation, and they are not two great tastes that taste great together: the seams between them show very badly (the ASAA talks about "age assurance", the AADC "age verification")
This is a bad bill and you should feel bad for promoting it. legiscan.com/IL/bill/SB39...
And what does it consider "social media"? Literally anything that allows two or more people to talk to each other online: