Re:Why Are Creators Paying for TikTok’s Mistake?
by hombre_fatal on Monday March 25, 2019 @09:54PM
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Yes, but exactly: it's on some user agreement policy along with all the other rules nobody ever reads.
I bet TikTok had the same thing. But look at TikTok's attempt at complying in TFA: they didn't just make a /policy edit. They started asking birthdate upon register/login but managed to botch that, so they started asking users for scans of their government-issued ID.
If these are the sorts of measures that the FTC needs to see, then who actually is compliant under scrutiny?
You can upload selfie image/videos directly to Reddit. Wouldn't Reddit be just as incapable of deleting all content from users that were <13yo at time of upload like TikTok was ordered to do?
Don't get me wrong, I think "Are you over 13?" is about as useful as "Are you over 18?" and "Do you agree with our cookie policy?"
I bet TikTok had the same thing. But look at TikTok's attempt at complying in TFA: they didn't just make a /policy edit. They started asking birthdate upon register/login but managed to botch that, so they started asking users for scans of their government-issued ID.
If these are the sorts of measures that the FTC needs to see, then who actually is compliant under scrutiny?
You can upload selfie image/videos directly to Reddit. Wouldn't Reddit be just as incapable of deleting all content from users that were <13yo at time of upload like TikTok was ordered to do?
Don't get me wrong, I think "Are you over 13?" is about as useful as "Are you over 18?" and "Do you agree with our cookie policy?"