# Tennessee Weighs Youth Social Media Limits

Tennessee lawmakers are negotiating restrictions on minors’ social-media accounts as the state prepares to allocate hundreds of millions of dollars from its Meta settlement. Nashville child-safety nonprofit @WiredHuman has enlisted former Lt. Gov. Dan Forest to lobby during the negotiations. The signal identifies no solicitation, contract, grant application, or allocation process, so the settlement funds should not be treated as an available procurement opportunity at this stage.

- Procurement teams serving Tennessee should distinguish the pending policy discussions and settlement allocation from an announced funding or contracting opportunity.
- Providers of child-safety and social-media-related services may find the proposed restrictions relevant to their offerings, but the signal specifies no requirements, funded programs, or implementation timetable.
- Because lawmakers are actively negotiating and the state is preparing an allocation, organizations can follow official state announcements for any eventual funding mechanism or procurement notice.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Public Safety, Information Technology
**Topics:** Policy
**Published:** October 30, 2026

### Government Entities
- Tennessee state government

### Sources
- [Nashville child-safety nonprofit @WiredHuman enlists former Lt. Gov. Dan Forest to lobby this week as lawmakers negotiate restrictions on minors' social-media accounts and the state prepares to allocate hundreds of millions from its Meta settlement. https://t.co/8oqGjSebdE](https://x.com/LapelIntel/status/2116233580212781266) - twitter-sled