U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) visited a Richardson middle school on Thursday to discuss efforts to protect children from harmful or inappropriate content…
Appropriate cell phone and social media access for minors is something many schools and parents of young children must consider, especially with ongoing concerns over privacy and cyberbullying.
He says the ‘Kids Online Safety Act’ and the ‘Children’s and Teens Privacy Protection Act,’ COSA and COPA for short, would force social media companies to police their own platforms, and prohibit collecting personal data of minors, without parental consent. “We did a study and of kids who are being treated for depression and 40% have problematic social media use and associated with that, which is not being able to put down the phone, being on five hours a day, those kids have high rates suicide attempts, thoughts of pain, alcohol abuse, and poor academic performance,” she said.Depression rates have doubled since 2009, she said, adding that at any given school, between 8-10% of students have made a suicide attempt.
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