Megan Basham

If you're 14 or 15 years old in the state, you can have an account on social media, but you're going to have to get parental consent. If a company is found violating that law, they could face fines up to $50,000 per violation. Florida, by the way, has been a leading state on this subject.

If you're 14 or 15 years old in the state, you can have an account on social media, but you're going to have to get parental consent. If a company is found violating that law, they could face fines up to $50,000 per violation. Florida, by the way, has been a leading state on this subject.

DeSantis signed a bill back in 2023 that made Florida the first state in the nation to ban cell phone use in schools during instruction time.

DeSantis signed a bill back in 2023 that made Florida the first state in the nation to ban cell phone use in schools during instruction time.

Now, in Utah, we have a social media curfew. Minors there can't access social media between 10.30 p.m. and 6.30 a.m. unless a parent overrides that default setting. The general pattern that we're seeing across these different states are age verification measures and restrictions for minors as the default setting, though those can be changed through parental consent.

Now, in Utah, we have a social media curfew. Minors there can't access social media between 10.30 p.m. and 6.30 a.m. unless a parent overrides that default setting. The general pattern that we're seeing across these different states are age verification measures and restrictions for minors as the default setting, though those can be changed through parental consent.

Right, that's exactly right.

Right, that's exactly right.

Yes, some of these laws that deal with age restrictions in particular, they're being held up or blocked by legal challenges. For example, that Florida law that bans children under 14 from making accounts on these platforms, that was initially held up. Big tech platforms argued that restrictions were in violation of the First Amendment.

Yes, some of these laws that deal with age restrictions in particular, they're being held up or blocked by legal challenges. For example, that Florida law that bans children under 14 from making accounts on these platforms, that was initially held up. Big tech platforms argued that restrictions were in violation of the First Amendment.

They took issue with this law effectively requiring adults to prove their age for some of these websites. Similar legislation is still being held up in other states too, including in Texas.

They took issue with this law effectively requiring adults to prove their age for some of these websites. Similar legislation is still being held up in other states too, including in Texas.

Well, you know, President Trump has made it very clear for some time that he's no fan of public broadcasting. Just recently, he posted that Republicans must defund and totally disassociate themselves from NPR and PBS, the radical left monsters that so badly hurt our country. So close quote, of course, there.

Well, you know, President Trump has made it very clear for some time that he's no fan of public broadcasting. Just recently, he posted that Republicans must defund and totally disassociate themselves from NPR and PBS, the radical left monsters that so badly hurt our country. So close quote, of course, there.

And he said that taxpayer funding of media networks is not only outdated and unnecessary, but corrosive to the appearance of journalistic independence. Well, on Thursday, he made that policy official. The president signed an executive order to eliminate about 535 million annually to NPR and PBS and other public media.

And he said that taxpayer funding of media networks is not only outdated and unnecessary, but corrosive to the appearance of journalistic independence. Well, on Thursday, he made that policy official. The president signed an executive order to eliminate about 535 million annually to NPR and PBS and other public media.

But in a statement Friday, Patricia Harris, president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, immediately shot back at this, saying that the company is not subject to the president's authority. She says Congress authorized the funding, so only Congress can end it. Paula Kerger, president of PBS, also put out a statement. She called Trump's order blatantly unlawful.

But in a statement Friday, Patricia Harris, president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, immediately shot back at this, saying that the company is not subject to the president's authority. She says Congress authorized the funding, so only Congress can end it. Paula Kerger, president of PBS, also put out a statement. She called Trump's order blatantly unlawful.

This is what she told PBS NewsHour last week.

This is what she told PBS NewsHour last week.