Politico reports on U.S. state legislative proposals enabling parental oversight requirements around children's access to social media accounts. Regulations were proposed in California and Maryland, while Utah passed a law requiring parental access to social media accounts of residents under age 18. Privacy advocates are raising concerns. "When you insert a Trojan horse that enables effectively widespread surveillance of children, that's not a privacy bill, that's a surveillance bill," Fight For the Future Deputy Director Evan Greer said.
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