Republicans have advanced legislation in Florida and Iowa aimed at protecting children and empowering parents with regard to their social media use.
House Bill 3 in Florida and House File 2523 in the Hawkeye State both appear to be meaningful efforts by lawmakers to ensure that parents have a say in whether giant companies can enter into contracts with their kids, collect data about their kids, and subject their kids to potentially harmful content.
Big tech lobbyists and leftist activists have once again expressed their displeasure over such efforts to help families shield children from well-documented online harms.