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Most Canadians support social media ban for kids under 16: poll (cheknews.ca)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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An Angus Reid survey says three-quarters of more than 4,000 respondents are in favour of a ban like the one in Australia, where youth under 16 are prevented from setting up accounts on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat and Threads.

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[–] 7 points 7 months ago (1 child)

So how would any proposed laws be enforceable without some sort of ID verification (ie. Age verification) in place?

Or are we talking a simple "confirm you're not a robot button", but for age? Similar to what porn sites have asking if you're over 18.

Or would you prefer everyone including yourself need to upload something like a drivers license to access websites... Like Lemmy for example?

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  • [–] -2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    USA is a shithole so I'm guessing you don't have 3rd party verification through banks etc.

    As I said, you can look up the legislation in Australia where uploading ID is one of several verification methods.

    Enforcement doesn't need to be entirely at the point of access. By making it illegal companies are obligated to cancel the account upon discovery they have done so.

    LIke you're still conflating 2 very different things based on how your framing your question. It's a strawman tbh. Like you could easily go answer this question for yourself if you cared beyond winning a reddit argument.

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