Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agoFederal Bill Would Bring OS-Level Age Verification to the Entire U.S.linuxiac.comexternal-linkmessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1373arrow-down15
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minus-squarepivot_root@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·7 hours agoMeta is funding a lot of the lobbyists pushing for age verification laws. Uncoincidentally, Meta both owns a stake in a company providing identity verification as a service, and serves to benefit from not having to moderate its own platforms.
minus-squareWanderingThoughts@europe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoAnd meta had a pretty big chance of just getting banned from being used by minors in places around the world, so it might not work out as hoped.
Meta is funding a lot of the lobbyists pushing for age verification laws. Uncoincidentally, Meta both owns a stake in a company providing identity verification as a service, and serves to benefit from not having to moderate its own platforms.
And meta had a pretty big chance of just getting banned from being used by minors in places around the world, so it might not work out as hoped.