Walz signs bill enacting social media guardrails for Minnesota children

By: Michelle Griffith

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: May 26, 2026

Words: 358

Last Updated: 1 month, 4 weeks ago

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Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday signed a bill into law enacting new guardrails for Minnesota children on social media platforms including Instagram, TikTok and SnapChat.

The bipartisan law (HF 4138) requires parental consent for Minnesota children under 16 to obtain a social media account. The account defaults to the highest privacy settings that allow parents to limit their child’s usage.

The law also bans infinite scroll, autoplay video and push notifications on accounts belonging …

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