COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) – The government has put guardrails in place on movies, TV, alcohol, and tobacco companies, requiring them to act in a way that prevents harm to kids and teens.
Now dozens of states are calling on Congress to do the same for online platforms, like social media.
“There hasn’t been a law passed to address online activities in probably a quarter of a century now,” South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said in an interview Thursday.
In that time have come the advent of social media, the invention and proliferation of smart phones, and kids and teens gaining much greater access to the online world.
But the law hasn’t kept up.
“For me, it’s dangerous because it’s hard for parents to monitor what their children are doing on their phones,” Wilson said. “As a parent of teenagers myself, this is something I struggle with.”
Wilson, a Republican, is part of a bipartisan group …