Gov. Spencer Cox poses for a photograph after signing HB311, Social Media Utilization Amendments, on the Capitol in Salt Lake Metropolis on Thursday, March 23, 2023. Kristin Murphy, Deseret Information
As mother and father, it’s pure to wish to defend our kids from inappropriate content material on-line and preserve observe of their display time. Happily, most telephones have built-in options and third-party apps for organising parental controls. Dad and mom can set restrictions and restrict entry to particular apps and content material to assist preserve their youngsters secure when utilizing smartphones.
For this reason I used to be alarmed to find that Gov. Spencer Cox signed SB152 and HB311 into legislation. These payments will forestall our kids from studying how you can have interaction with social media safely and, in doing so, utterly change Utah’s relationship with know-how. With parental controls already in place, we are able to permit our kids to discover and be taught on their telephones and develop wholesome habits whereas offering a secure and safe digital setting.
Requiring social media corporations to restrict entry to youth accounts to particular hours or a complete quantity of every day time is pointless and sophisticated.
Luke McDermott
South Jordan