New Louisiana law will require kids under 16 get parent approval to access social media
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BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Minors in Louisiana will need parental permission before accessing social media accounts. State Sen. Patrick McMath, R-Covington, authored SB162, which states chi…

The US state of Louisiana requires social media companies to get parental permission for users under 16.

  • Zoidsberg@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I would just say its a good thing that no social media companies are running Lemmy instances, then.

  • elboyoloco@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    3 things.

    1. Is there a minimum number of users for this to be effective? If so, just keeping you instance under that amou t should work.

    2. Can they really charge someone who is not running the instance for profit? The article states that the social media owner must take “commercially reasonable” action to verify users. Technically, nothing is commercially reasonable if you aren’t running a Comercial business right?

    3… Related to 2. The article says “social media companies”. Most instances aren’t being ran by companies… So again this may be an out for those running instances.

  • hellequin67@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    To be honest I also think the same question in regards for GDPR and UK inbound legislation regarding porn and how those might affect the fediverse in general.

  • BurnTheRight@kbin.social
    22·
    1 year ago

    The Louisiana legislature is infested with conservatives who are barely literate. The chances those back-water right-wing dipshits were able to cobble together a functional and enforceable law regarding technology is slim.