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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida schools would beryllium required to thatch students the benefits and risks of societal media nether a measure unanimously approved Tuesday by the Senate Education Committee.

If passed, a program would beryllium developed and schoolhouse districts would beryllium required to instrumentality it into existing courses. The program would besides beryllium made disposable to parents. The measure would besides specify societal media successful authorities instrumentality for the archetypal time.

“The things that our kids are exposed to is troubling. Kids are losing their innocence much and much each time earlier due to the fact that of the things you tin conscionable spot by pulling it up online, adjacent if they’re not looking for it,” said Republican Sen. Danny Burgess, the bill's sponsor.

And portion helium said that parents should beryllium progressive successful this treatment astatine home, galore aren't acquainted with the assortment of societal media platforms children person entree to.

“All these antithetic platforms that are retired there, I’m not precise savvy with them. I person my authorities worldly that I utilize. But different than that, I don’t person a idiosyncratic page, truthful it’s hard for maine to speech to my kids who are coming up successful property astir these risks,” Burgess said.

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The measure received enthusiastic enactment from Democrats and Republicans.

“You look astatine however societal media is morphing, and immoderate of the worldly and the contented that's coming crossed is dangerous,” said Democratic Sen. Shevrin Jones.

Republican Sen. Jennifer Bradley encouraged Burgess to deliberation astir expanding the bill's connection to see different online activity.

“I emotion this bill,” Bradley said. “I astir deliberation the measure could adjacent beryllium a small spot broader, there’s surely your societal media platforms, but there’s a batch that happens online with websites.”

The measure has 2 much committee stops earlier reaching the afloat Senate. An identical House measure has yet to beryllium heard successful committee. The Legislature begins its yearly 60 time league connected Jan. 11.

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