U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT] and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont met with middle schoolers to talk about the Kids Online Safety Act on Friday.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT] and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont met with local students Friday to talk about online dangers and how to regulate social media.
“I find the reels and the TikToks so funny, especially some of the newer trends are funny. And some of the dances, they’re like goofy and funny to learn, that I do with my friends,” explained Barnard Environmental Science & Technology School eighth-grader Nathaly Ynoa Martinez.
Like many of her friends, Martinez loves TikTok and Instagram.
“I get a lot of outfit inspiration, basketball clips, different stuff like that and dances, dancing videos, too,” said Tiranke Keita, a fellow eighth-grader at Barnard.
Martinez and Keita say there’s a dark side to these social media apps too.
“Fights, people doing harmful stuff to other people, stabbing …