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Americans Back Tougher Social Media Oversight · GNN Daily Breaking News

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  Speaker 1: A new Reuter's ipso's poll reveals that a majority of
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  Speaker 1: Americans want tougher government oversight of social media platforms, reflecting
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  Speaker 1: growing anxiety over youth safety, mental health, and the addictive
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  Speaker 1: nature of online networks. According to the survey, sixty one
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  Speaker 1: percent of respondents said they support stronger regulation of companies
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  Speaker 1: like Meta, TikTok, and YouTube. The push is bipartisan. Seventy
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  Speaker 1: one percent of Democrats and sixty two percent of Republicans
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  Speaker 1: back tighter rules, while independents remain more divided. One of
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  Speaker 1: the most striking findings is the overwhelming concern about children.
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  Speaker 1: Two thirds of Americans favor mandatory age verification laws to
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  Speaker 1: keep children under sixteen off platforms, and nearly eighty five
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  Speaker 1: percent believe social media is addictive for miners, with a
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  Speaker 1: similar share saying it harms mental health. These sentiments come
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  Speaker 1: as tech giants face mounting legal and political pressure. Meta, TikTok, Talk,
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  Speaker 1: and YouTube are battling lawsuits alleging they deliberately designed platforms
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  Speaker 1: to be addictive for young users. A trial beginning this
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  Speaker 1: week could expose Meta to penalties of up to one
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  Speaker 1: point four trillion dollars if states prevail. In New Mexico,
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  Speaker 1: a court recently ordered Meta to pay five hundred sixty
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  Speaker 1: seven million dollars into a team mental health fund and
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  Speaker 1: alter platform functions. On Capitol Hill, lawmakers are advancing new legislation.
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  Speaker 1: The Kids Online Safety Act KOSA would require platforms to
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  Speaker 1: prevent foreseeable harm to minors, while the Youth AI Privacy
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  Speaker 1: Act seeks to restrict targeted advertising and limit data retention
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  Speaker 1: for children. Analysts say the strong public backing revealed in
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  Speaker 1: the poll gives these bills momentum. Yet the relationship between
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  Speaker 1: Americans and social media remains complicated. Despite concerns, seventy percent
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  Speaker 1: of respondents still describe social media as fun, underscoring its
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  Speaker 1: cultural grip. At the same time, fifty two percent admits
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  Speaker 1: spending too much time online and more than a third
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  Speaker 1: report stress for usage. For lawmakers, the poll is a
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  Speaker 1: clear signal that voters want action. For tech firms, it
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  Speaker 1: is a warning that reputational and financial risks are escalating,
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  Speaker 1: and for families, it suggests that tighter rules on children's access,
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  Speaker 1: including age verification, are likely to become standard in the
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  Speaker 1: near future.