Kids under 16 will need their parents' permission to do so. Given the positive and negative growth of social media in recent years, how often do you monitor your children's social media use? Let us know in the poll below!

The prospects for a new law to regulate social media have taken a nosedive. That’s despite approval Wednesday by the House Energy and Commerce Committee of legislation that aims to make the sites safer for kids and passage in the Senate in July of a bill by the same name on a 91-3 vote.