As New Jersey faces a major impending budget deficit in the next few years, Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill is asking lawmakers to fund a crusade against social media companies in the name of "online safety."
During Sherrill's first budget speech on Tuesday, in which she said her state is facing a "$3 billion structural deficit," the governor warned of the ills of technology on kids. Big Tech "isn't just the Big Tobacco of our era," Sherrill said, "it's worse, and it's exactly the kind of situation where government has a role to play to keep our kids safe."
