Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban social media for kids < 16

Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc... by Dalewyn on Monday January 29, 2024 @08:53AM (#39176243)

> have the government selectively prosecute social media companies for having users under 16.

The US government is already legally mandated to prosecute companies known to harbor information, collected online, concerning minors less than 13 years old without consent from their parents or legal guardians.[1]

It's why Youtube blocks comments and doesn't personalize ads on videos published for kids, to pick out a prominent example.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_Online_Privacy_Prot...

Obligatory IANAL.

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Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc... by lupire on Monday January 29, 2024 @11:33AM (#39178301)

Laws are getting stricter. Around the world, there is increasing regulatory requirement for businesses to actively investigate user behavior (tracking!) to identify and exclude underage users who are concealing their age.

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