Block social media in schools or lose funds

Republican lawmakers on Wednesday are proposing legislation to block children from using social media in school, preventing access to the platforms on poorer schools' networks that receive federal broadband subsidies, the latest in a growing crop of bills to bar younger users from sites such as TikTok and Instagram. The measure illustrates how policymakers are turning to a broadening and increasingly aggressive arsenal of tools to try to restrict children's online activity amid concerns about th