The laws ultimately ended the therapy of the web as a utility besides in sure states like California, Washington, and Oregon the place native laws has allowed the Web to have internet neutrality protections. One other deceptive title is Florida’s SB 868/HB 743, with the title “Social Media Use By Minors.” The purpose of this invoice is to finish any privateness protections you may need on sure social media apps and web sites.
The invoice would drive social media platforms that permit minors to open an account and submit messages to provide the dad and mom of those minors entry to learn all messages posted by their kids. It additionally would stop minors from studying messages which are set to self-destruct or disappear. This appears to be a query of whether or not you belief your youngsters, how previous they’re, and their personalities.
However regardless of the title of the invoice, the principle cause why it was written has to do with one thing else solely. The invoice would drive social media platforms to provide legislation enforcement a way to “decrypt end-to-end encryption” when a subpoena is obtained. In different phrases, the “Social Media Use By Minors” invoice is all about giving legislation enforcement again door entry to those platforms.
On April 1st, the invoice handed the Senate Judiciary Committee with a positive vote (9 Yeas, 2 Nays). The invoice heads to the Guidelines Committee the place it’s on the agenda for this Wednesday, April sixteenth.
