Meta urges lawmakers to require parental approval for app store downloads by teens
thehill.com
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, called on federal lawmakers Wednesday to pass legislation requiring parental approval for app store downloads by teenagers, as the company faces …

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

  • WaxedWookie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    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.