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Google urges US lawmakers not to ban teenagers from social media. (indusbusinessjournal.com)

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Google urges US lawmakers not to ban teenagers from social media.::San Francisco– Google has asked the US Congress not to ban teenagers from social media, urging lawmakers to drop problematic protections like age-verification technology. The tech giant released its ‘Legislative Framework to Protect Children and Teens Online’ that came as more lawmakers, like Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), pushed for the Kids Online Safety Act, a …

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[-] Waldemar_Firehammer@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

There's nothing like that in the US that I'm aware of, though some states have tried.

[-] nunchuk@lemmy.bigsecretwebsite.net 7 points 1 year ago

I think Utah did it, or is at least experimenting with it

[-] Waldemar_Firehammer@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You're right, I didn't realize the lawsuit had been thrown out. The fact remains the law is completely unenforceable without serious privacy violations.

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