Hamburg, N.Y. (WBEN) – After enacting efforts to protect children from social media threats and banning smartphones in schools last year, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is building and expanding her goal of creating safeguards for kids online and tackling youth mental health.
Gov. Hochul was in Western New York on Monday, making a stop at Hamburg High School to unveil her first State of the State proposals. This included new legislation that will help protect children from online predators, scammers and harmful AI chatbots integrated on online platforms.
Additionally, the governor is proposing a first-of-its-kind, statewide expansion of Teen Mental Health First Aid training, designed to give young people the tools to identify, understand, and effectively respond to signs of mental health and substance abuse challenges among their friends and peers…