The New Jersey Senate has passed a bill mandating a course on responsible social media use for sixth-through-eighth graders, because adults are always so good at teaching young people about tech. It won’t just cover Twitter and Facebook — and hopefully the proper techniques for finger-scribbling all over a Snapchat photo. Still, we imagine the classes will be about as successful in preventing Facebook abuse as D.A.R.E. is at keeping kids from binge-drinking. A Democratic Senator from Essex County notes that cyber-bullying is becoming a serious problem.
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