The Georgia Senate has been grappling with one of society’s only bipartisan issues: How to protect children from the dangers of social media. Even after legislative session ended earlier this year, senators have continued studying the matter.
The Senate Impact of Social Media and Artificial Intelligence on Children and Platform Privacy Protection Study Committee has already met three times to learn about the scope of the problem and recommend legislative solutions. Yet despite broad bipartisan agreement that a problem exists, settling on a fix has been difficult.
Lawmakers have already debated a number of government-imposed answers, but nearly all of them are critically flawed. While there is a modest role for the government to play, the debate often sidesteps and diminishes parental res