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Don't kid yourself, Meta already knows the age of all its users, at least within the broad categories that this bill defines.
by SoftTalker 8mo ago
Don't kid yourself, Meta already knows the age of all its users, at least within the broad categories that this bill defines.
- onlyrealcuzzo 8mo agoLegally, there's a difference between "knowing" and "accurate enough for loose cannon advertisers".
- maxrmk 8mo agoIf a company relies on self reported ages, they don't "know" it well enough to satisfy COPPA. Probably. I'm not a lawyer but I do keep up with the latest in privacy enforcement and I think this is the way things are headed. For the record, I'm against age verification laws. But I think companies are pushing for them because of liabilities they face under other laws, not because they would actually like to have the data.
- thesuitonym 8mo agoYes, but they want to show children content that is not appropriate, then claim ignorance.
- fuzzfactor 8mo agoTo give them the benefit of the doubt you could say they only want to show children content on its own that is fully parent-agreeable. Meta just wants to do it in the most habit-forming way, that is embedded in a system crafted to mold young behavior into more manipulable consumers. >Meta already knows the age of all its users Roger, now they want a government mandate to target everyone else on the internet.