dwazou to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoUK police chiefs call for ban on social media for under-16swww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1309arrow-down18cross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
arrow-up1301arrow-down1external-linkUK police chiefs call for ban on social media for under-16swww.theguardian.comdwazou to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square59fedilinkcross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
minus-squareTaleya@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 days agoYeah this is gonna work as well as “you must be over 13 to use this site”
minus-squareGeobloke@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoLooks like they think this will work better than telling social media companies that they have a social responsibility
minus-squareTaleya@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoof course it will, the real scam meat is in the 30-60 year olds.
minus-squareGeobloke@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThey also don’t deserve to be scammed, but once again asking the companies to police their own content is “impossible.” Musk still needs the cash for a new political party when his current toy breaks
minus-square10001110101@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·2 days agoThey can require ID verification of all users, as is done in some states in the US to access pornography sites.
Yeah this is gonna work as well as “you must be over 13 to use this site”
Looks like they think this will work better than telling social media companies that they have a social responsibility
of course it will, the real scam meat is in the 30-60 year olds.
They also don’t deserve to be scammed, but once again asking the companies to police their own content is “impossible.” Musk still needs the cash for a new political party when his current toy breaks
They can require ID verification of all users, as is done in some states in the US to access pornography sites.
And that is a gross overreach