Joshua Hall

We took a step toward addressing the mental health crisis among teens using social media by passing HB 6857 with bipartisan support.

This measure aims to help children the moment they try to join a social media platform, and that’s because it would require parental consent for anyone under the age of 18 to open an account. The bill also tries to regulate content saying social media companies would not be able to target minors with content or with push notifications between the hours of 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. 

Connecticut took a major step forward as a national leader with this new effort to reign in big tech’s predatory practices that are reinforcing addictive and harmful choices in minors.