US state may start requiring parental permission for kids to join social media

To comply with federal regulation, social media companies already ban kids under 13 from signing up to their platforms, but children have been shown to easily evade the bans. — AP Photo/Brynn Anderson

ATLANTA: Georgia could join other states requiring children to have their parents' explicit permission to create social media accounts.

Two top Republicans in the Georgia state Senate – Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and Sen. Jason Anavitarte of Dallas – said in a Monday news conference they will seek to pass such a law in 2024. The proposal could also restrict accounts on other online services.