Over the past year, political sentiment has pushed states to regulate social media use for children in the United State. We analyze 300 bills introduced by US state legislatures in 2024. We find that while Democratic- and Republican-controlled legislatures both introduced legislation related to social media, Republican-controlled state legislatures were more likely to enact such regulation.

Khadija Mohammed
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A junior at the Wake Early College of Health and Sciences, Khadija is interested in pursuing a career in the intersections between law, public policy, and international relations. Outside of SPRING, she is the Executive Director of The Policy Corner, a Community Organizer for Rhizome, and serves on the Executive Board of The Barakah Initiative. In her free time, Khadija enjoys going out, watching movies, and writing her own stories.
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Throughout history, the distribution of information has proven to be widespread and rapid. Though the spread of news comes with multiple benefits, along with it comes the dangerous side effects of propaganda and misinformation. Recently, a graphic1 circled social media comparing Israeli Prime Minis...
During the 1930s, at the height of the Great Depression, the United States went into a period of isolation.1 While they were occupied with their financial instabilities, the far-right political ideology of fascism propagated between 1919 and 1945. Critics blame the lack of response from the U.S. for...