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Meta is trying to ‘offload’ kids safety onto app stores with new bills, Google says. (blog.google)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Legislation pushed by Meta would share kids' information with millions of developers without parental consent or rules on how it's used; we have a better way.

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[–] evilcultist 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Honestly, I don’t want age signals sent at all. As long as I (the parent) can use parental controls to limit app access, that’s all that matters. Give users the option to deny ad personalization and that protects children from ad personalization. Companies don’t need to know anyone’s age. Meta is pushing for more data, but this feels like an underhanded way to take a middle road that gives Google more data (but not as much as Meta wants). We should take the high road and tell them both to butt out.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Or, y'know, simply make collecting data on anyone for the purpose of ad personalization, and the delivery of such ads, illegal, full stop. Penalize anyone found to be advertising on such a network, too.

(Hey, I can dream, right?)