State lawmakers plan for bipartisan legislation to regulate cellphone, technology use in schools

State senators on the Senate Impact of Social Media and Artificial Intelligence on Children and Platform Privacy Protection committee issued their findings on Wednesday Dec Credit Sarah Kallis GPB News State senators on the special committee studying the impacts of social media and artificial intelligence on children commented they will file bipartisan regulation to regulate tech use in schools Senators on the committee explained they will recommend extending the state s cellphone ban to high school students limiting the use of AI in schools to administrative tasks only and strengthening recess and learning through play recommendations State Sen Ed Setzler disclosed the regulations would help parents The best we have among us feel powerless in the face of the conditions that exist in the present day in our way of life he reported To do nothing about that to turn a blind eye to that is to be derelict in our duties State Sen Sally Harrell the co-chair of the committee reported that decree will also include regulations around machinery that makes video games addictive They re fighting a losing battle because what these the products these children are using are so incredibly addictive that if you try to intervene as a parent it causes all kinds of issues between the child parent relationship that can get quite painful she mentioned Senators also discussed privacy laws around social media and AI They re recommending law to minimize how innovation companies can use minors statistics and prohibit them from using minors geolocation content Regulating AI chat bots was another top priority senators disclosed They plan to recommend that minors be unable to access chatbots and they want stronger privacy laws about using someone s likeness in an AI chatbot Committee members also discussed an idea that would link children s phones with their parents phones requiring the child to get parental approval before opening an app Senators can introduce the ordinance in January at the start of the legislative session The post State lawmakers plan for bipartisan act to regulate cellphone tool use in schools appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta