I'm very skeptical of internet regulation and regulation in general, especially what Europe does (e.g. cookie banner, AI, overreaching right to forget). But I think it's insane that we somehow accept social media companies to have underage children on their site breaking the terms of service. Most of these companies deploy a lot of resources making sure we don't send out an offensive meme, use a bad word, or show a female areola, but when it comes to hosting content of 12 year olds, it turns a blind eye.
The fact that around 40% of US 8-12 year olds are on social media, against the policies is just insane and unacceptable.
Will Australia make use of this resource, or NIH their own design with the expected outcome? Social media age checks rushing forward, and it seems impossible to meet the legislation requirements (no ID required etc.) unless the government provides a way for 3rd party sites to confirm age.
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 22.8 ms ] threadI wonder if this is already something that has been veted by security experts, or if it's full of known / obvious vulnerabilities...
The fact that around 40% of US 8-12 year olds are on social media, against the policies is just insane and unacceptable.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK594759/