Jungle George 🌴@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoGoogle asks Congress to not ban teens from social mediamessage-squaremessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1148arrow-down1message-squareGoogle asks Congress to not ban teens from social mediaJungle George 🌴@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square65fedilinkfile-text
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/16/23919221/google-youtube-child-safety-age-verification-laws-privacy
minus-squareMimicJar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agohttps://youtu.be/j6eFNRKEROw But also the anonymous Internet is important. Also, do you think the proposal will actually have the intended effect? Do you think COPPA has been successful? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children’s_Online_Privacy_Protection_Act#Criticisms Children under the age of 13 absolutely have Facebook accounts. Children of all ages have DEFINITELY seen things that no one should see. I’m not saying this isn’t a topic worth discussing, but further restrictions is not the right answer.
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/j6eFNRKEROw Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
https://youtu.be/j6eFNRKEROw
But also the anonymous Internet is important.
Also, do you think the proposal will actually have the intended effect? Do you think COPPA has been successful? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children’s_Online_Privacy_Protection_Act#Criticisms
Children under the age of 13 absolutely have Facebook accounts. Children of all ages have DEFINITELY seen things that no one should see.
I’m not saying this isn’t a topic worth discussing, but further restrictions is not the right answer.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://piped.video/j6eFNRKEROw
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.