WBUR TODAY: Healey enters the social media chat
❤️ Donate Wednesday, April 15, 2026 🌤️ Mostly sunny, with a high of 71 and a chance of rain tonight. Good Morning Boston, It's One Boston Day . Go do something kind (if not necessarily nice ). But first, the news: On Beacon Hill: Following a false start last week , Gov. Maura Healey is formally joining the chat about restricting social media for minors. However, her take differs from the House bill to ban social media for teens under a certain age . Healey's first-of-its-kind plan, which she unveiled yesterday, would require social media companies to have special default settings for Massachusetts users under the age of 18 that curb some of the apps' more addictive features. "Social media is driving a tremendous amount of anxiety and hurting kids in a number of different ways," Healey said during a press conference, adding that "these companies have designed products to be addictive and to expl...