Added parental control of children's social media usage sought | DeSoto County News

Attorney General Lynn Fitch led a bipartisan coalition of 44 Attorneys General to write TikTok and Snapchat this week urging them to give parents the ability to monitor their children’s social media usage and protect their children from online threats using parental control apps. “As the threats to children’s well-being have proliferated online, the market of products available to parents to help monitor this space and keep it safe has expanded.” said Attorney General Lynn Fitch, who led the coalition along with North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein. “Many major social media platforms allow parents to use parental control apps to monitor their children’s content. It is time for Tik Tok and Snapchat to give parents this option for protecting their children as well.” Research increasingly demonstrates the negative impact that social media can have on the physical, emotional, and mental well-being of children and teenagers. These range from decreased self-esteem and greater body-image dissatisfaction to increased exposure to cyberbullying and sexual predation. One app reported that in 2021 it had analyzed more than 3.4 billion messages and found: 43.09% of tweens and 74.61% of teens were involved in a self-harm/suicidal situation,68.97% of tweens and 90.73% of teens encountered nudity or content of a sexual…
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