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Office of Youth Online Mental Health Safety and Awareness
Coverage of Office of Youth Online Mental Health Safety and Awareness in the Nexus archive.
- New Jersey moves to stop social media companies from targeting kids with addictive algorithms that keep them scrolling
New Jersey passed new legislation requiring big tech companies to enhance privacy for minors via the New Jersey Kids Code Act, restricting addictive features and limiting data collection from children. Additionally, the state is establishing a Social Media Research Center at a public university to independently study the impacts of social media and recommend policies on reducing behavioral addiction among minors.