DeSantis Signs Social Media Restrictions Law, Affecting Minors

[Guard Dad]

DeSantis Signs Social Media Restrictions Law, Affecting Minors

Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis signed a measure into law that restricts social media access for users that are younger than 14-years-old and requires parental consent for users under 16-years-old.

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[cptlo]

I wish he would have vetoed this. This responsibility belongs with parents, not government.

 

[Boss 302]

I wish he would have vetoed this. This responsibility belongs with parents, not government.

Unfortunately, most parents aren't monitoring what their children are doing on the Internet. Child trafficking is often a result of parents neglecting to monitor their children's online activity. How is legislation any different than age restrictions on booze and tobacco products? Shouldn't that be the responsibility of the parents as well?

 

[J-man]

Do you really think this bill will do much to keep a teen from social media? Don’t kid yourself, there’s always that friend, or friend of a friend, or many others internet / social media access points.

I support his intention here but also think it’s the parent’s responsibility, not the goobermint’s. Many parents won’t do it and that’s their choice too, it’s not illegal to suck at parenting. It’s often encouraged.

 

[Boss 302]

Do you really think this bill will do much to keep a teen from social media? Don’t kid yourself, there’s always that friend, or friend of a friend, or many others internet / social media access points.

I support his intention here but also think it’s the parent’s responsibility, not the goobermint’s. Many parents won’t do it and that’s their choice too, it’s not illegal to suck at parenting. It’s often encouraged.

Do you feel the same way about laws prohibiting reassignment surgery on children?

 

[Stonewall]

I will straddle the fence a little on this one proving not everything is black or white. While I do not support govt. interference/control of everything in life especially private enterprise I unfotunately see the intent of this bill. Explotation of children is very real. There are predators out there who are experts at grooming young minds and taking advantage of them. I believe the intent of the bill is to protect these children not censor free speech. As for the parenting aspect while this bill will not make good parents out of bad ones I agree many parents should never have been parents to start with because they are really bad at it. This applies to abusive as well as parents who coddle their children until they are 35 years old. If you only want to be your childs "friend" instead of a parent you fall in this catagory in my view. If you abuse your child there is a special level of hell for that and the sooner you check in the better.

 

[J-man]

Do you feel the same way about laws prohibiting reassignment surgery on children?

Actually yes, I do, and for the same reasoning. You can’t mandate ignorance and bad decision making. That’s not our goobermint’s purpose. It’s no different than trying to regulate abortion.

 

[Boss 302]

Actually yes, I do, and for the same reasoning. You can’t mandate ignorance and bad decision making. That’s not our goobermint’s purpose. It’s no different than trying to regulate abortion.

So, if a parent wants to have their kid mutilated, you're good with that.

 

[J-man]

So, if a parent wants to have their kid mutilated, you're good with that.

Frankly that’s not up to me to be ok with. Seriously, I’m not just saying that, it’s none of my business…or the governments…unless physicians are specifically barred from performing the surgery. I may not agree with it but stupid people do stupid things…it normally balances out in the end.

 

[Far West]

Interesting how we are using and abusing our children to push agendas.

Parents need to be the ones to protect and oversee what activities their kids participate in. I imagine it gets tougher with internet access so readily available on tablets, I-pads, smart T.V.s, cell phones, not to mention regular old computers. Every generation of parents has had things they needed to protect their child from. Parenting is a 24/7 job. It can't be abdicated to the government.

There are many evil people out there waiting to take advantage of our children and our nation's children. Don't trust any of them. It is not alright to let the government tell your child they may be a different gender, then tell them to chop off healthy body parts. It is not alright for them to push sexuality and then tell them to just get an abortion, it is not right for the government to legislate what "pronouns" we have to use for some new trans agenda. Parents should be deciding if their child can be on certain media sites, not the government.

At the same time, there is more morally repugnant information on the internet. In my generation, it was porno magazines that were kept out of the household, then DVD's and CD's, now there is OnlyFans and porn sites a click away in any device that has internet. But worse than that, our society is using our children and doing it's best to pollute our children. That only stops when society says no more. Each individual household. I don't see that happening as there is a strong agenda to break apart our churches, our families, and our societal norms that protect a nuclear family.

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