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Can any modern journalist please just read the really quick AP style guidelines? It took me like 5 graphs before I actually understood what action google was ta
by dclowd9901 3y ago
Can any modern journalist please just read the really quick AP style guidelines? It took me like 5 graphs before I actually understood what action google was taking. The initial bullshit hemming and hawing was excruciating.
- snek_case 3y agoI still don't understand what exactly is being proposed. Can you summarize?
- johnnyanmac 3y agoIt takes a while to get to the point but the article eventually gives one: >Last Monday, Google announced “a policy framework to protect children and teens online,” which was echoed by subsidiary YouTube, which posted basically the same thing, talking about it’s “principled approach for children and teenagers.” Both of these pushed not just a “principled approach” for companies to take, but a legislative model (and I hear that they’re out pushing “model bills” across legislatures as well). And if you want google's official lede: >Today we’re releasing our Legislative Framework to Protect Children and Teens Online. The Framework outlines some principles for laws seeking to improve online experiences and keep children and teens safer when using the internet. We hope that sharing our experiences and perspectives will advance the work of the policymakers and experts addressing these issues, and we look forward to engaging constructively with them. in essence, they want to push out more government sanctioned age verification (or "age assurance" as Google calls it), similar to COPPA.