This takes me back to 1998 COPPA when the government first stepped into how kids use the internet.
The New York Childrens Online Safety Act will ban anyone under 18 from chatting online.
“All social media platforms under NYCOSA would be required to turn off open chat functions, which allow adults to instantly and privately communicate with child users whether or not they know such child or have been previously connected. Unconnected users would also be barred from viewing the profile of a child user, tagging them in a post, or sending them digital currency. Parents would be able to override these default privacy settings and switch to a different setting, however, if they so choose.”