Comment on U.S. sues TikTok for collecting kids’ data without parents’ permission: Justice Department calls TikTok’s age-gating methods ‘deficient in multiple ways'

solarvector@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• sleen@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  COPPA is a joke sometimes, they don’t really protect and like other American orgs it probably is lobbied.

  The best case would be to protect everyone’s privacy, not just the children OR teens. And if they wanted to help then they would’ve outlined other orgs like Facebook - but that’s an American org.

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  • tardigrada@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    @sleen@lemmy.zip

    And if they wanted to help then they would’ve outlined other orgs like Facebook - but that’s an American org.

    Last year, 40 or so U.S. states filed a lawsuit against Meta over children’s protection, and that is by far not the only one, just fyi.

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  • vinniep@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The best case would be to protect everyone’s privacy, not just the children OR teens

    The difference is that an adult can consent to having their data collected by these companies, making the investigation and enforcement a more nuanced endeavor. A child cannot, so it all becomes far more straight forward and easier to go after the offending companies.

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