Arkansas Makes It Illegal For Minors to Be on Social Media Without Parental Consent: The state’s governor signed a new bill requiring social media companies to obtain a photo ID of every new user, to prevent teens from lying on the internet more.

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SB396, in the latest legislative push to restrict children and teens from using social media.  amendment introduced in the final days of negotiating the bill stated that subscription service providers and gaming services were exempt, but that “Social media company that allows a user to generate short video clips of dancing, voice overs, or other acts of entertainment in which the primary purpose is not educational or informative, does not meet the exclusion under subdivision (7)(B)(i) of this section.  amendment introduced in the final days of negotiating the bill stated that subscription service providers and gaming services were exempt, but that “Social media company that allows a user to generate short video clips of dancing, voice overs, or other acts of entertainment in which the primary purpose is not educational or informative, does not meet the exclusion under subdivision (7)(B)(i) of this section

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