Vermont Pushes for Safer Social Media for Teens | Montpelier News

Vermont is cracking down on social media’s grip on teens with a bold new law: the Kids Code. Seventy-seven percent of high schoolers scroll daily, and lawmakers are forcing tech giants to add safeguards—no selling kids’ data, age verification, and curbing addictive features like endless scrolling. Ready by December, these rules launch in 2027. The state’s attorney general is rallying public input with live meetings in White River Junction and Shelburne this fall—and online too. This push follows a major $92.7M settlement with Meta over Instagram’s addictive design. Vermont’s not just watching—it’s building a safer digital future for youth, with voices from parents and teens shaping the rules. Listen in comfort: Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN: [email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting. Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates: https://sources.thednn.ai/e504adfe063f81d4