Comment on Social media lobby group sues US State for protecting children from Meta, TikTok and Snapchat
t3rmit3@beehaw.org 9 months ago
Anytime someone’s claim is the protection of children, you should apply a VERY heavy dose of scepticism and scrutiny.
conciselyverbose@kbin.social 9 months ago
I absolutely agree, but "you need parental consent to have an account" doesn't seem unreasonable to me.
regul@lemm.ee 9 months ago
If you take it at face value, which you should really never do when conservatives are involved.
By my estimation, this (and bills like it) are intended to do two things:
JCPhoenix@beehaw.org 9 months ago
Doesn’t COPPA already require this for children under 13? This state bill raises it to under 16.
I guess it comes down to the particulars. Is there something more onerous in the Ohio bill than in COPPA? Because I don’t think I’ve heard of any company seriously getting mad that COPPA is a thing.
conciselyverbose@kbin.social 9 months ago
You'd think if it was they'd be pointing to that.
As far as I'm concerned "you must have parental consent until 18" is perfectly legitimate, because you can't really sign contracts or fully legally consent until then.