Laws of this kind only make it worse for everyone and teen who knows a bit will find ways to bypass them.
It's a bad slippery slope to even more government overreach in what was once, an avenue for democratisation of the conversation and freedom: the internet.
Right. Why did we make smoking illegal for kids? Should have just let the parents stop them.
Why did we make child labor illegal? That was just bad parenting allowing the kids to work the mines.
These social media companies have a direct relationship with their users, many of which are kids. They need to serve their child users appropriate content, and in an appropriate manner.
Furthermore, there is nothing in this bill that stops parents from parenting.
I don't know who you guys are arguing with. Seriously, it seems you're so much into US tribal politics that you simply kneejerk react.
It's insane.