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“My concern is the government telling parents how to parent their child and taking away the complete ability for them to make that decision,” said Democratic Rep. Ashley Gantt of Miami, who filed an unsuccessful amendment seeking parental approval for minors to access social media.

Top Republicans like Renner, though, have swatted down those concerns and want to put all minors on the same level through blanket social media restrictions.

“If we just let parents decide on this one, parents are going to be harangued so much because it makes a kid ostracized not to be on social media,” Renner told reporters earlier last week.