The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Chelsey Youman regarding South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster’s signing Tuesday of H.B. 4591, the Stop Harms from Addictive Social Media Act:
“Children are not experiments, and their private information is not a commodity. The Stop Harms from Addictive Social Media Act directly confronts the root cause of harm to children online by stopping social media companies from addicting them for profit. It protects children by keeping them off social media by default unless their parents give permission. And for kids who do obtain accounts, it prohibits addictive design features and data exploitation of children. The result is a shield that puts children’s mental health and family protections ahead of corporate incentives. We commend Gov. McMaster and Rep. Brandon Guffey and those who supported children’s safety in the South Carolina Legislature.”
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