Texas could become the next American state to establish the law with social media platforms. A Texas bill which would prohibit the use of social media for anyone under the age of 18 recently exceeded the Senate committee and should be voted before the Senate of the State of Texas. Bill A until the end of the state legislative session on June 2, leaving approximately a week for it to be approved by the Senate and the Governor.
Earlier this year, the bill adopted the phase of the Chamber Committee and was then elected in favor of the House of State Representatives. If it is made of the law, the bill would oblige social media platforms to verify the age of anyone creating an account, as well as the way Texas adopted legislation requiring websites hosting porn to implement an age verification system. In addition to this, the ban on social media in Texas proposes to allow parents to delete their child’s social media account, allowing 10 -day platforms to comply with the demand or to face a fine of the state prosecutor general.
Texas is not the only director of director interested in restricting access to social media. Last year, Florida Governor Ron Desantis signed a bill that squarely prohibits anyone under 14 from using social media and obliges young people aged 14 and 15 to obtain parents’ consent to create an account or use an existing account. In particular, the law proposed by Texas is much strict than that.
On a larger scale, the American Senate presented a bill to ban social media platforms for anyone under the age of 13 in April 2024. After being stuck at the committee stadium, the Senators Brian Shatz (D-Hawaii) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) recently made comments that report a second potential attempt to obtain this adoption.
