California AG: Without federal law, kids’ online safety starts with the states
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🗓️ 11 June 2024
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Back in January, a U.S. Senate committee probed executives from Meta, TikTok, X, Snap and Discord about social media’s effect on kids. During a heated exchange with Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg stood, turned and apologized to families of victims who were sexually exploited on social media platforms. No federal legislation on the issue has become law, but some states are taking the lead. New York just passed two laws aimed at regulating social media, and California Attorney General Rob Bonta is pushing similar legislation in his state. Marketplace’s Lily Jamali sat down with Bonta to ask about what his state is doing to protect social media’s youngest users.
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| 0:28.1 | It's the States versus social media. |
| 0:35.0 | From American Public Media, this is Marketplace Tech. |
| 0:38.0 | I'm Lily Jamale. Back in January, a U.S. Senate committee probed tech executives on social media's effects on kids. |
| 0:55.0 | Here's Republican Senator Josh Holly, grilling Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, |
| 0:59.6 | as families who say platforms harmed their loved ones watched. |
| 1:04.2 | Have you apologized to the victims? |
| 1:08.0 | Would you like to do so now? |
| 1:09.4 | Well, they're here, you're on national television. |
| 1:11.8 | Would you like now... no federal legislation on the issue |
| 1:14.6 | has since become law but some states are taking the lead |
| 1:18.1 | New York just passed two laws aimed at regulating social media and California's attorney general Rob Banta is pushing |
| 1:25.2 | similar legislation in his state. |
| 1:27.7 | I recently sat down with him in his office in Oakland and asked him about the Protecting |
| 1:32.3 | our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act. |
| 1:35.7 | It starts with certain defaults that are changeable and so parents can choose what they want, |
| 1:40.0 | but a number of the defaults that are set by the bill are one a chronological or organic |
| 1:48.6 | feed as opposed to an algorithmic feed they can be changed to an algorithmic feed if that's what you |
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