Proposal would ban social media access for children under 14 in NC
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>> HOW YOUNG IS TOO YOUNG TO
HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT.
SOME STATE LAWMAKERS WANT TO
REQUIRE PARENTAL PERMISSION
FOR CHILDREN UNDER 14 YEARS OLD
TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT. WRAL
CAPITOL BUREAU CHIEF LAURA
LESLIE JOINS US LIVE FROM THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND HAS SOME
REACTION FROM PARENTS. LAURA.
YEAH, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THE
BILL WOULD BAN SOCIAL MEDIA
ACCOUNTS FOR ANYONE UNDER 14.
SO WITH OR WITHOUT PARENTAL
COMMISSION.
>> AGES 14 15 TEAMS WOULD NEED
THEIR PARENTS PERMISSION TO
CREATE A SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT
OF THE COMPANIES THAT OWN
TIKTOK FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM,
YOUTUBE. THEY ALL SAY THAT THEY
ALREADY HAVE A MINIMUM AGE OF
13 YEARS OLD TO CREATE AN
ACCOUNT. BUT A LOT OF KIDS HAVE
ALREADY FIGURED OUT HOW TO GET
AROUND. THIS IS A GUY THAT HAS
GUARDRAILS AND THIS BILL WOULD
HOLD SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES
ACCOUNTABLE FOR STOPPING THEM.
CYNTHIA MARSHALL TEACHES MIDDLE
SCHOOL AND WILKES COUNTY.
SHE LIKES THE IDEA. SHE SAYS
MANY OF HER STUDENTS ARE
ALREADY ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND
MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE EFFECTS
SHE SEES IN THE CLASSROOM ARE
NOT POSITIVE.
>> THERE'S JUST SO MANY TERMS.
A VIDEO EXPOSURES, YOU KNOW,
RECORDINGS, SILLY THINGS THAT,
YOU KNOW, SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED
FOR PARENTS TO NOT HAVE THAT
CONTROL AND WHAT CONCERNS YOU
ABOUT THE CHARITY THAT BECAUSE
THEY'RE EXPOSED.
>> YOU KNOW, JUST SO MANY
THINGS ON THE INTERNET IS
GRAHAM AND FACEBOOK. AND
THEY'RE NOT MATURE ENOUGH OR
>> THAT CYNTHIA'S HUSBAND,
RICHARD MARSHALL, THEY HAVE A
CHILD AND 5TH GRADE THEMSELVES
AND THEY SAY THEY DO NOT PLAN
FOR THAT CHILD TO BE ON SOCIAL
MEDIA ANYTIME SOON UNTIL THIS
MORNING. THIS BILL WAS
SCHEDULED FOR A HEARING THIS
AFTERNOON. IT WAS PULLED OFF
THE CALENDAR. WE'RE TRYING TO
FIND OUT WHY I'VE ALSO REACHED
OUT TO THE LOBBYISTS WHO
REPRESENT THESE TIKTOK GOOGLE,
ETC. I WILL. WE WILL BRING YOU