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Ohio Proposes Law Mandating Parental Consent for Children to Access Online Platforms
The logo of the Chinese social media app TikTok is shown in a picture taken in Paris on Dec. 14, 2018. Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images
Naveen Athrappully
By Naveen Athrappully
2/15/2023Updated: 2/15/2023
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Ohio’s Lt. Gov. Jon Husted is proposing a new law that would require certain online services to obtain permission from parents before allowing kids to use their platforms, insisting that such measures are necessary to protect children from harmful content.

The “Social Media Parental Notification Act” requires online companies to create a method to determine whether the user is a child less than 16 years of age, obtain verifiable consent for such users from their parent or legal guardian, and send a written confirmation of the consent to the parent/guardian.

Naveen Athrappully
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Naveen Athrappully is a news reporter covering business and world events at The Epoch Times.
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