Online child safety laws could help or hurt – 2 pediatricians explain what’s likely to work and what isn’t
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Megan Moreno, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Jenny Radesky, University of Michigan
(THE CONVERSATION) Society has a complicated relationship with adolescents. We want to protect them as children and yet launch them into adulthood. Adolescents face risks from testing out independence, navigating peer relationships, developing an identity and making mistakes in these processes.
Today’s teens have new areas of risk and opportunity as they navigate the digital world, and this has led to debate over their social media use.
Concern about social media use by 13- to 17-year-olds has led to a patchwork of state initiatives as well as proposed federal legislation. Following the Surgeon General’s Advisory on Social Media and Youth Mental Health, issued on May 23, 2023, the Biden administration convened the Kids Online Health...