Alaska House seeks to ban social media for younger kids, limit access to internet pornography

Late Wednesday night, the Alaska House of Representatives advanced toward a final vote on a proposal that would bar children younger than 14 from using social media and require all Alaskans to verify their age before viewing pornography online., sponsored by Rep. Sarah Vance, R-Homer, originally contained just the porn age requirement, but it was amended by Rep. Andrew Gray, D-Anchorage, to include the youth social media ban, which was proposed in a separate bill by Rep. Jesse Sumner, R-Wasilla.

Gray said he is concerned by the idea that children will use virtual private networks, commonly called VPNs, to bypass the proposed age gates and offered a series of amendments to the bill. Rep. Genevieve Mina, D-Anchorage, is one of the youngest members of the Legislature and spoke in support of the idea.

An age-14 limit makes sense, she said, because while social media was a big part of her high school experience, middle school “and those younger years are a little bit sensitive.”

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