On March 23, 2023 Utah governor Spencer Cox signed two new laws that ban the use of social media apps for people under the age of 18. The law enforces that minors need parent permission to use these apps and services. The state of Iowa is now considering imposing this law. The committee voted 14-9 sending it to the full House for consideration. Other states like Arkansas or Missouri are considering this law, but is this going to benefit or hurt minors? There are pros and cons on both sides of the argument.
To start with, there are some pros. The most important is protection of minors. Rep. John Will stated: “What we want to do is make sure that children are being protected from online bullying and from all of the other associated problems that go along with social media platforms.” Technologies can cause social problems and decrease productivity levels.
There are some cons too. Social media help teenagers get informed about recent news and many teenagers use it as a way to communicate with their friends and family. Some experts say that it will be easy for people to fake their parents' consent or their age and it will not be effective.
In my opinion Iowa shouldn’t ban social media for minors. It is the parents responsibility to decide whether they give their kid access to these apps or not and make sure they use it in a good way. I believe that banning them will lead to kids faking their parents' permission and their age and will not turn out to be as effective as they want to.
Do you think Iowa should impose this law? Why?
Do you think the law would turn out to be effective?
Sources:
https://secureteen.com/social-media/pros-and-cons-of-social-media
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I also think that they shouldn't impose this law but I think that creating harsher laws would just make more people protest.
I dont think social media should be banned. I feel there are alot of positves and negatives to social media. Also I feel that getting rid of it would go against our rights. We should be able to do what we want. I feel we could reduce social media but should get rid of it. Good topic.
I agree that social media for minors should not be banned and this law should not pass.
I do not think Iowa should impose this law. I think it just needs to stay the way it is now. If they do make this happen either everything will go well or they are going to have big problems. I think it would make a lot of things better but i wouldnt like it
I completely agree with you. I believe that thigs are fine right now and should stay like this.
I do not think that Iowa should impose this law. I think things should stay the way they are right now. I think that if they do try to make this law go through, it isn't going to go the way they want it to. I think kids could still find a way around it and I don't think some parents want to have to go through all this either.
I agree with you. I think it should the parent's responsability to decide if their kids have access to social media or not.
Personally, I think they should impose this law because I do not have an addiction to social media that dictates my life. I do believe that this law would be very effective by reducing the amount of teen data collected and the social pressure to know exactly what everyone is doing all the time. I am actually in favor of this law being imposed.
I personally disagree with you. I do not have an addiction to social media but I don't think that it is fair to ban it for everybody.
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