State senators consider bill to hold social media companies accountable for addiction

State senators in the Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee considered on Monday a proposal to limit the addictive design features of social media apps for minors. Sen. Carolyn Bosn introduced LB504, also known as the Age-Appropriate Online Design Code Act, at the request of Gov. Jim Pillen. It gives the Nebraska Attorney General the authority to hold companies like Meta and Snapchat accountable for causing harm to minors through phone addiction and identity theft…

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