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Jon Husted: “Initially when we tried to pass a law to put these…”

Featuring: Jon Husted, Republican | Lieutenant Governor of Ohio

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Lt. Governor Jon Husted on cellphones in classrooms and the danger they pose

Published | Video Starts at 06:07

What's your reaction to seeing that these platforms are now coming up with their own rules? I mean, I guess it's good to have rules in place, but, you know, you had pitched those initially. So Initially when we tried to pass a law to put these restrictions in place on social media companies, they told us they couldn't do it. They resisted it, they sued us, they tried to stop us. But now they're using it as part of their marketing program. Why is that? Because we hit a nerve. (06:07–06:14)

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Asserts that social media companies initially resisted a law to impose restrictions on them.

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