How soon will the government pass a law to ban our youth from social media apps and the spam merchants of smut and gore? Social media is everywhere. Parents’ attempts to filter what their child sees on the internet or on TV are extremely difficult.

The internet contains a cornucopia of tricks to penetrate our media devices. AI has instructed our children on how to commit suicide. Indecency pops up out of nowhere, despite every spam and sensitive content blocker running on your phone or iPad.

Laws should be passed to severely penalize a website or app that broadcasts or downloads sensitive, inappropriate content to underage youth. The same should apply to the movie apps that come with your TV. Every movie request rated above PG should have verification from the viewer that no one under 18 is watching. Such restrictions would require two-way communication between viewers and the app software.

The same should apply to AI regarding sensitive content that could harm a child’s psychological well-being. The very second a child views an image of carnage and violence, sexual acts, or reads suggestive information about how to harm themselves or others, that content is forever recorded in the brain. You can’t erase or delete it like you can on a computer or electronic device.

Call your congressperson and tell them to pass a bill to ban social media from our youth.

George Pikoulas,

Butler