Alaska’s Home of Representatives unanimously handed HB47, a invoice that imposes sweeping limits on when and the way minors use social media apps, together with bans on producing or distributing dangerous deepfakes of kids.
The invoice’s unique type was targeted on prohibiting the possession and distribution of sexually express photographs of kids utilizing AI, however Alaska lawmakers determined so as to add amendments that may impose social media restrictions. The proposed limitations embody a statewide curfew on utilizing social media between 10:30 PM and 6:30 AM, banning “addictive design options” and requiring social media platforms to confirm person ages and get parental consent if they’re minors.
Whereas the Home invoice noticed 39 votes in favor and 0 towards, the amendments supplied some hints at potential upcoming revisions. Earlier than the invoice went to a vote, among the Home representatives expressed concern about including such broad guidelines on social media with out consulting the businesses behind them first.
The invoice nonetheless has to make its means by way of the Alaska State Senate, which already has offered a companion invoice, and the governor. Alaska is following the footsteps of many different states, and the Home even modeled its social media amendments within the HB47 invoice after Utah. Whereas Utah was the primary to suggest social media restrictions for youths, it was later met with a preliminary injunction.
