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European Union (EU) finds Meta in breach of Digital Services Act for failing to prevent minors under 13 from using Instagram and Facebook (ec.europa.eu)
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[–] 40 points 5 months ago (7 children)

There's a reason why Meta is lobbying for age verification. They need it to be compliant with the law, without the accountability that goes with it.

What they need is an absolutely gigantic non-negotiable fine.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    10% of yearly profit per day of non-compliance.

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  • [–] 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Profit is far too easy to manipulate. A percentage of gross revenue would really sting.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Which is what these EU laws usually do. This one is up to 6% of world wide revenue. Actually collecting those fines is another story though.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago

    The annoying thing is, meta already knows a bunch of its users are minors, but it refuses to act on that information. It's like they're waiting until they can impose universal surveillance on everyone before it bothers doing anything.

    Never mind that many things (like self-harm content on Instagram) should be banned regardless of the viewer's age, and that plenty of this regulation should be left up to parents anyway

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