{"id":1989360,"date":"2023-08-03T03:09:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T07:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-pushes-far-ahead-of-us-in-restricting-social-media-for-minors\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T03:13:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T07:13:17","slug":"china-pushes-far-ahead-of-us-in-restricting-social-media-for-minors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-pushes-far-ahead-of-us-in-restricting-social-media-for-minors\/","title":{"rendered":"China leads in restricting social media for minors, surpassing the US."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-pushes-far-ahead-of-us-in-restricting-social-media-for-minors%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1989360&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>China Implements Strict Measures to Restrict Teenage Access to Mobile Devices and the Internet<\/h2>\n<p>China has \u200ctaken \u200dsignificant steps to limit teenagers&#8217;\u2062 access to mobile devices and the internet, surpassing the United States\u200d in its efforts. While the U.S. is still debating the balance between protecting minors and upholding free speech, China has implemented a major crackdown.<\/p>\n<p>The Cyberspace Administration of China recently released new\u2063 guidelines that impose restrictions \u200don teenagers&#8217; smartphone usage.\u2062 According \u2064to \u200cthe rules, \u2064minors are prohibited from accessing the internet on\u2062 their mobile devices between 10 p.m. and 6 \u200da.m. Additionally, teenagers between the ages of 16 and \u206318 \u2064are limited to \u2063a \u2063maximum of two \u2064hours of mobile device\u2063 use \u2063per day.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;To strengthen protection of minors, \u2064in past years, the CAC has continued to push\u200b the construction of an internet model for youths, \u2062expanded \u200cits reach, improved its functions, and enriched age-appropriate content,&#8221; the agency said\u2064 in \u200dthe regulations. &#8220;They&#8217;ve had a positive impact in lessening youth internet addiction and curbing\u200d the impact of undesirable information.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>These\u200d new restrictions will primarily affect popular Chinese apps like Douyin, the Chinese TikTok clone, and WeChat, known as the country&#8217;s &#8220;everything \u2064app,&#8221; according to \u2063Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 CAC has made it clear that providers will be held accountable for enforcing these rules, although specific penalties\u2062 have\u200d not been listed. The apps must undergo regular checks and assessments to ensure compliance with the CAC&#8217;s regulations. They \u200dare also required to provide relevant data upon request.<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s efforts to regulate teenage access to\u2064 the \u2063internet and mobile devices are driven by concerns about\u2063 mental health and productivity. The government views technology as a &#8220;social ill&#8221; that negatively \u2063impacts health and productivity.\u2062 As\u200c a \u200bresult, strict\u2063 regulations \u200chave been imposed on online gaming \u2063for teenagers, limiting their playtime to a maximum of three hours on weekends.<\/p>\n<p>Douyin, the Chinese \u200cTikTok clone, has already implemented \u200drestrictions in 2021. Teenage users can only \u200buse \u200bthe app for 40 \u2064minutes a day, \u200cand it is inaccessible to children aged 14 or younger between 10\u200d p.m. \u2063and \u20646 a.m. \u200bThe app also includes five-second\u200c pauses between videos and prioritizes educational content in its algorithms.<\/p>\n<h3>Debate in the United States<\/h3>\n<p>In contrast, \u200dthe United States has seen a surge in efforts \u2064to\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/government-cant-solve-our-cancel-culture-problem\/\" title=\"Government Can\u2019t Solve our Cancel Culture Problem\">regulate social media<\/a>\u200b and\u200d mobile device use by\u2063 minors due to concerns about their mental health and well-being.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok has become the most popular social media\u200c app among \u2062minors in the U.S., with children\u2064 and teenagers spending\u200d an average of over 90\u2064 minutes a \u2064day on the platform, according\u200c to a survey\u200c by parental\u200c control software\u2064 maker Qustodio.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;TikTok is built like an indoctrination \u2062machine, and its user base\u2063 is \u200bcomprised \u2062of\u2063 one of the\u2064 most impressionable \u200dand \u200cvulnerable populations: children,&#8221; Sen. \u200cJames Risch (R-ID),\u2064 the ranking member\u2062 of \u200cthe Senate Foreign Relations Committee, wrote \u200din a letter to Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman \u200bLina\u2063 Khan.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tristan Harris, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-pushes-far-ahead-of-us-in-restricting-social-media-for-minors\/\" title=\"China leads in restricting social media for minors, surpassing the US.\">anti-social media activist<\/a>, compared Douyin&#8217;s \u200drestrictions to &#8220;spinach&#8221; in contrast to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-study-suggests-virtual-learning-can-be-damaging-to-childrens-physical-and-mental-health\/\" title=\"CDC Study Suggests Virtual Learning Can Be Damaging To Children\u2019s Physical And Mental Health\">potentially harmful effects<\/a> of TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers \u2064and \u2063officials\u2064 from both sides\u2064 of the political spectrum argue that smartphones and the internet have contributed to issues such as alienation, loneliness, and other social problems among young people. U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has warned about \u2064the &#8220;profound risk&#8221; technology poses to teenage mental health and \u200bthe development of bad habits. \u200cA January survey\u2064 by\u200b Common Sense Media revealed that younger users have \u2064reported exposure to adult content as \u2062early as 12 years\u2064 old.<\/p>\n<p>However, critics argue that the dangers to minors have been exaggerated and that social media platforms offer more\u200d benefits than risks.\u200b Civil liberties groups\u2064 and some tech organizations also raise concerns\u2062 that limitations on apps \u2062and platforms\u200b could infringe\u200c on free speech rights and create logistical challenges \u2062for internet usage.<\/p>\n<h3>Efforts in the United States<\/h3>\n<p>Lawmakers in the United States have taken steps towards implementing various \u2064rules and bans for social media \u2062targeted at teenagers. Sen. Josh \u200bHawley (R-MO) proposed the establishment of a minimum age for social media use by February 2023. The Kids Online Safety Act, introduced\u200d by Sen. \u200dMarsha Blackburn (R-TN)\u200d and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), was approved by a Senate committee. This\u200d act would \u2062require platforms to take \u200bmeasures to prevent specific harms to minors and implement \u2063controls that allow parents to limit screen time, restrict addictive features, and control access to their teenager&#8217;s user \u2062profile.<\/p>\n<p>Several states have also taken \u200caction. The Louisiana state legislature passed legislation \u200cin July that\u200b prohibits teenagers aged 16 or younger from\u200b creating new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sickening-video-shows-antifa-allegedly-stab-4-trump-supporters-in-washington-dc\/\" title=\"Sickening Video Shows Antifa Allegedly Stab 4 Trump Supporters in Washington DC\">social media accounts<\/a>. In March, Gov. Spencer Cox (R-UT) signed a law requiring teenagers to obtain parental\u2062 consent before creating a social media \u2064account. Montana&#8217;s \u200dgovernor signed the first state TikTok ban into law in May.<\/p>\n<p>As the debate continues, both China\u200c and the United States are grappling with the challenges of balancing the protection of minors with the preservation of free \u200bspeech and the benefits of technology.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China has surpassed the US in curbing teen access to mobile devices and the internet. While the US debates the balance between safeguarding minors and upholding free speech, China has implemented strict measures. The Cyberspace Administration of China recently issued guidelines restricting smartphone usage for teenagers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1989361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1989360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1989360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1989361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1989360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1989360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1989360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}