New York lawmakers are cracking down on kids’ exposure to social media algorithms | If passed, anyone under 18 would require permission from a parent or guardian to view content on accounts they do…::If passed, anyone under 18 would require permission from a parent or guardian to view content on accounts they don’t follow.
Cool, more identity tracking. Wonder how they will enforce this? Anything not enforced is just another window to click through. They might use this as a spring board to make more privacy violating policies. Hope it doesn’t pass…
pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This won’t do anything assuming it’s just an “are you 18?” question like there is on porn sites.
otter@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I guess it might help with some sites, where kids just scrolled into it but don’t care about it. In cases where they want to see the feed/‘for you’ page, then yep agreed.
If it works out the way I’m hoping for, this might help a lot of OTHER people avoid the algorithms/feeds/suggested posts when they intentionally want to avoid them. I’d love to have a filter like this where I can toggle it off.
WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I stopped using Facebook when I had to reset the sort to Time instead of suggested every login. That was about 10 years ago so I’m glad to see some progress on the issue.
Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Some backwards ass states are implementing some “Scan your ID” checks. It’s a huge privacy issue. And my concern is that more states will pursue that.