In California, we’ve been working on the second enabling condition, which was a law passed by their legislature demanding the state government prepare social media codes for young people under 18. This came from a widespread understanding that kids are kind of being trapped in the social media landscape. While they didn’t want to go as far as Australia (which discussed banning social media altogether), they did want something to be done. Governor Gavin Newsom and first partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, who very much care about the mental health of young people.

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