Planning Briefs
Parents, Children, And Social Media Regulation
Published Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at: 8:19 AM EDT
Social media has advanced modern communications but has had some very bad effects on American society. For over a decade, America embraced social media without regulating it, but children experienced mental illness much more frequently.
In a watershed event, the U.S. Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), in February 2023, released a report saying six in 10 teenage girls felt persistently sad or hopeless in 2021 and 30% of females in ninth through 12th grade have “seriously contemplated suicide.” Entitled, “U.S. Teen Girls Experiencing Increased Sadness,” the CDC report said, “Teen girls are experiencing record high levels of violence, sadness, and suicide risk.”
Now, two new laws recently enacted in Utah are being hailed as a possible solution to the epidemic of mental illness plaguing children, but they raise questions about placing restrictions on the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protecting the right to freedom of speech. Here’s what parents need to know.
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