Originally Posted by Normal (Post 2295466)

The Florida House has passed a law through bipartisan support prohibiting kids under the age of 16 from using social media. We are the first state which has taken an action long overdue. What sites should be banned though and how can it be enforced?

Florida House passes bill banning children under 16 from social media: 'Kids can't stay off the platforms'

It’s about time!

Originally Posted by Keefelane66 (Post 2295470)

Where there is a will there is a way. We don’t need legislation if parents would do their job.

Originally Posted by Normal (Post 2295755)

For sure! If a kid is being bullied in school on a website, hammer the parents and crack down with fines on the host server. It is a lot like smoking, drinking, or watching rated R movies though. Kids will break the rules. I don’t think Tik Tok or others are necessarily a good influence, but then neither is gaming where you gain points while killing as many as you can. The issue is larger than laws we have or the laws that can fix our problems. I don’t like laws that block free speech, but then a law against yelling “fire” in a crowded movie theater was passed too.

Kids can and should be treated different than adults, they don’t always know better. The internet is basically unfiltered for all. Should it remain unfiltered for the more vulnerable youth, or just let them get crushed?

Originally Posted by airstreamingypsy (Post 2295790)

Wow, this is the worst case over government overreach yet. I wish Florida would concern itself with insurance costs, overbuilding and crime...... instead of posturing at Disney, banning books and other freedoms that I dare not mention. The free state of Florida gets less free every day.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2295670)

You're right of course. The Bible should be removed from all school libraries. It's filled with filth, degradation, inhumanity, torture, graphic violence, explicit sexual situations.

Check out Ezekiel 20:23 if you don't believe me. It's pretty insane that children are ENCOURAGED to read this stuff.

Originally Posted by Normal (Post 2295466)

The Florida House has passed a law through bipartisan support prohibiting kids under the age of 16 from using social media. We are the first state which has taken an action long overdue. What sites should be banned though and how can it be enforced?

Florida House passes bill banning children under 16 from social media: 'Kids can't stay off the platforms'

It’s about time!

Originally Posted by Papa5 (Post 2295839)

Law is an example of something that is un-enforceable and not necessary due to the fact that responsible parents can monitor and control access on a devise.


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Originally Posted by Byte1 (Post 2295833)

Social media with children IS a problem. There is a lot of cyber bullying, juvenile and adult. What's the answer? Perhaps teaching children the difference between right and wrong is a good start. Kind of hard for some adults, especially those that shouldn't have children because they are unfit when it comes to parenting. Kind of hard when judges severely punish small violations of the law and a slap on the wrist for murder and manslaughter. Values are different for individual folks, but individuals should respect other folks views, regardless of belief. You can disagree without being aggressive and even sometimes violent.

Originally Posted by shaw8700@outlook.com (Post 2295673)

This law should not and will not be passed.

Now I’m not saying that young kids should use social media, in fact with all the bullying going on I wouldn’t let my kids. But this is another step to taking our freedoms away.