A Florida bill that would prohibit kids under 16 from signing up for most social media platforms has passed the state House of Representatives.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/11431091

The House passed the bill by a vote of 106 to 13, with many Democrats joining the chamber’s Republican majority in support of the bill. It now heads to the Republican-controlled Senate for consideration.

  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    10 months ago

    Wouldn’t it be easier to put this on ISPs? They actually know your address. Social media companies can only guess. IP is not a guarantee that you’re in-state.

    • yeehaw
      6·
      10 months ago

      Ah, censorship at the ISP level. What could go wrong?..

      • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        Don’t get me wrong, it’s a terrible idea.

        Just saying, as someone that has built a lot of geotargeting stuff for mapping and whatnot, it’s hard for social media and porn sites to block states. You can try to get vague city or county location from an IP address, but that stuff is super imperfect, and it can be WAY off.