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Meta says vetting of teens downloading apps should fall on appstores

https:// thehill.com /policy/technology/4311311-meta-urges-lawmakers-to-require-parental-approval-for-app-store-downloads-by-teens/

Meta says blame should fall on appstores. What willl be next, web browsers? or search engines ??

will search engines have to vett people age to use Facebook too?

edit: i'm changing the news article to one with no pay wall. went from Washingtonpost to the hill

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Vetting of the app downloads should fall on the app stores.

Vetting of the platform usage should fall on the platform owners.

The app isn't the problem any more than a web browser is - it's a dumb front-end for the platform. The platform is the problem.

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- Meta trying to blame and put responsibility on someone else? That's a first 🙃
  
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  For sure, but it's worth calling out.
  
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- I know right, lemmy and it's clients were so so hard to sign up as a teen!
  
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  Go read the headline - not even the article, you deeply strange human.
  
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  Why are you talking about Lemmy?
  
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My friend has parental controls for her kids cellphone. She can limit her kids usage of apps.

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- She also limits their use of the web browser app, where they could sign into Facebook?
  
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  Yes.
  
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- No no no, is the platforms fault 🤦‍♂️
  
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  Zuck still wont fuck you.
  
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… parents? Maybe blame them?

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- In 2023?
  
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Should fall on the profile settings, which would then reflect on the app store, or basically exactly how it is right now. Could also be done client side and then the app store inheriting the client, whatever is more restrictive.

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This is the best summary I could come up with:

The proposal, which the Facebook and Instagram parent company is set to announce Wednesday, counters mounting calls by state and federal policymakers for individual sites to proactively screen kids to limit their use of social media platforms over safety concerns.

In recent years, lawmakers and children’s safety advocates have largely focused their attention on combating the damaging experiences of kids on social media apps such as Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok.

Davis’s comments arrive as states take up sweeping new measures to restrict kids from accessing social media amid renewed concern that such products may compromise the mental health and well-being of younger users.

Federal lawmakers have proposed similar bills to create an age minimum for social media, citing concerns that the sites are contributing to teen mental health issues like anxiety and depression.

Meta has faced growing scrutiny in recent years over its efforts to protect kids, which reached new heights in 2021 after Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen disclosed internal research showing the company’s products at times worsened body image issues among teen girls.

In 2021, Meta ran a marketing campaign making the case that targeted advertising on the internet helped small businesses, following the phone-maker’s decision to cut down on the practice with new privacy rules.

The original article contains 828 words, the summary contains 207 words. Saved 75%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!

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Fuck all that shit.

Try parenting and realizing that at some point a teenager is going to circumvent that parenting.

Jesus Christ, just more dumbass hate against successful tech giants.

You think this place with its calls to violence is moderated for kids? I bet you a SIGNIFICANT portion of the fediverse user base is children.

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- I'm pretty sure the amount of people under the age of 18 who use the fediverse is very small. Feels like it's mostly a bunch of 30+ years old communists
  
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- What does any of that have to do with the topic at hand?
  
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  Not much, that account is a corporate bootlicking troll. Every time I have seen that username it’s followed by some shit take complaining that other people are complaining about greedy corporate practices.
  
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- Should've thought about that before you bought them a phone to fit in with their peers.
  
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  Oh God, they'll learn to use tech, THE HUMANITY!
  
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