Category: Jared Patterson

GOP Lawmaker Introduces Bill Blocking Children Under 16 From Using Social Media

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced a pair of legislations on Tuesday that would mandate social media companies to meet several requirements before they are allowed to offer accounts to Americans on their platforms. The first bill (pdf), titled “Making Age-Verification Technology Uniform, Robust, and Effective Act,” or the “MATURE Act,” would impose a minimum age…


Texas Lawmaker Files Bill to Change Obscenity Law to Help Parents Restrict Sexually Explicit Books

A North Texas school district’s vote to keep two sexually explicit books on the shelves has prompted a state lawmaker to file a bill to change state obscenity laws. Jared Patterson (R-Frisco) has worked with parents and watchdog groups to remove 28 book titles from libraries at Frisco Independent Schools since November 2021. After a…


Texas Parent Rankles School Board With Graphic Library Books

A Texas mother, frustrated by her school board’s reluctance to remove books with graphic sexual content from school libraries, found an embarrassing technique for getting board members and the public to pay attention. Her unusual method may have hastened the removal of one objectionable book from shelves and brought the issue of sexual content in…


Texas Lawmaker, Parents Battle School District Over Sexual Content in Libraries

A Texas state representative and local parents say they’ve battled mostly “woke” school board trustees for almost a year to remove sexually explicit books from their city’s school libraries. “It’s been a very long story and a very big fight,” State Rep. Jared Patterson, a Republican from Frisco, told The Epoch Times. Patterson said he…