TechnologyEnglish • 7 months ago

Meta says vetting of teens downloading apps should fall on appstores

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Meta says vetting of teens downloading apps should fall on appstores

TechnologyEnglish • 7 months ago

Meta urges lawmakers to require parental approval for app store downloads by teens

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

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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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