US Politics
California's Digital Shield: Necessary Protection or a Dangerous Precedent in the War for Childhood?
California has enacted 13 new laws, including bans on 'addictive' social media features and new limits on AI chatbots for minors, aiming to protect children's mental health in the digital age. These necessary but heavy-handed interventions represent a desperate, defensive act by the state against predatory corporate algorithms, forcing a critical national conversation about who is responsible for our children's well-being: parents, platforms, or the government.
