How in the fuck can meta get away with saying they won't pay 30% of their fine unless competitors pay it and implement the same things?!?!

There is only one way to stop the tech-capitalism. Revolution (Not in the technical sense of transitioning to better technologies, in the sence of French Revolution)

I think limiting from the platform is not a good option. For some teens with a horrible family (domestic violence for example), social media maybe the only shelter they could turn to. Also, those companies tend to break open web and require an account and even verification in the name of protecting child. DNS blacklist enforced by parents is probably a better option IMO.

The impact of social media on young minds has been shown to be quite pernicious. We need to limit screen time for young adults so we don't end up with another generation of tablet kids who are socially stunted and encounter difficulties interacting with coworkers when they enter the job market.

I like how they are trying to drag down other platforms with them. Not that they don't deserve it, just shows they really do stop at nothing to tarnish their name at every turn.

Just fucking take the slap on the wrist, apologize and lie and say you'll do better like every other corperation and maybe people will at best forget about you.

What expertise did they rely on to come to this particular set of limits?

I would have hoped the list would look more like

-Meta must divest entirely from the social media arm of their business

-Prosecutions for each decisionmaker who ignored internal evidence that their products were causing harms

dont be confused, this is what peak democracy™ looks like. the system working as intended.

how is this relevant to privacy? Unless I'm missing something the only privacy related thing would be if they increased their age verification requirements more.

how do they determine if the user is a minor?

They only care about their competitors because they'll be the ones scraping up the extra ad revenue. No one actually cares about the children. Almost as bullshit as the Sackler payout for causing the opioid endemic.

I ain't gonna verify shit...

I don't use their garbage, and will continue to not use their garbage. if anything else I use gets attacked, I'll abandon that too upto and I clouding the internet entirely. idgaf.. corporations are cancer and I won't play on the same sandbox as them. they are literally enemies of the free world