What the Hell?

The Massachusetts state house of representatives is rushing to vote on a ban-teens-from-the-Internet bill as soon as this Wednesday, and the actual text of the bill isn't available anywhere that I can find.

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/massachusetts-youth-social-media-ban-phones-schools/

https://www.wcvb.com/article/mass-house-social-media-ban-children-under-14/70941188

Edit: my local rep sent me a link to the bill:

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5349.pdf

Bill would ban social media for kids under 14 in Massachusetts, prohibit cellphone use in schools

The proposed youth social media ban in Massachusetts "would be among the most restrictive in the entire country," lawmakers say.

OK, so this bill is not *good*. But amendments 5, 9, 20, 24, 25, 26 and 29 would make it less bad. #Massachusetts folks should contact your local representatives tout de suite and tell them that if they have to support the bill, they should vote for those amendments.

Meanwhile, next door, Rhode Island is considering 3 social media bills in committee tomorrow, all of them varying degrees of foolish:

https://legiscan.com/RI/bill/H7953/2026

https://legiscan.com/RI/bill/H7632/2026

https://legiscan.com/RI/bill/H7746/2026

@bstacey my brain: what the hell is a male gislature