Comment on At Meta, millions of underage users were an 'open secret,' show court filing
Zak@lemmy.world 10 months ago
An internal company chart… showed how Meta tracked the percentage of 11- and 12-year-olds who used Instagram daily
Well that’s damning and ought to lead to penalties. On the other hand,
“complaints from the girl’s mother stating her daughter was 12”… Meta representatives “couldn’t tell for sure the user was underage”
People make false reports about social media content and accounts all the time. I could mail the admins of sopuli.xyz and tell them that I’m @misk@sopuli.xyz’s mother and they’re too young to be using Lemmy. Said admins should ignore me like the crazy person I am unless I can prove it.
misk@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
When in doubt, the default should be as asking for proof. You can’t sell someone alcohol just because it’s hard to check for ID.
Zak@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That gives us a world where people can’t use social media anonymously, which has problematic implications for privacy and free expression for those whose governments do not guarantee that right.
realharo@lemm.ee 10 months ago
There’s still a difference between only the provider having your identity vs your identity being public (which is something Facebook’s real name policy mandates).
Klear@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Given the frequency of user data leaks pretty much everywhere, nah, practically no difference there.
misk@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
It does not absolve Meta from not doing due diligence. They have means to make an effort at it and plenty money to hire some experts. Kids under 13 upload their photos to FB publically and would likely be spotted as at least underage in normal conversation if Meta rep reached out to them.
BlackSkinnedJew@lemmynsfw.com 10 months ago
In a physical business yes but in the internet anyone can fake anything.