Bipartisan California bills seek to rein in child social media use, sexually explicit material online

Assembly Bill 1709 states the Legislature’s intention to impose a minimum age requirement for people to open or maintain a social media account.

“This bill takes an important step forward and does even more,” Hoover told Courthouse News about the social media bill.

Some studies have linked social media use to mental health issues, Hoover noted. He said it’s led the nation to a crisis point.