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Re:EU opens child safety probes of Facebook and Instagram, c... by throwaway83268 on Thursday May 16, 2024 @09:47AM (#40378418)
>I would argue that apps resemble gambling more than they resemble sugar. And gambling is banned for children and heavily regulated for adults.

Gambling is just video games/table games/board games with real money betting mechanics, and as far as I'm aware most social media is free to use.

So when is the EU going to regulate actual legal children gambling in videogames, that is, microtransactions/gachapon transactions?

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Re:EU opens child safety probes of Facebook and Instagram, c... by WrongAssumption on Thursday May 16, 2024 @09:53AM (#40378504)
They are looking at that as well.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/1476642/europe-is-ready-to-c...

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Re:EU opens child safety probes of Facebook and Instagram, c... by hobs on Thursday May 16, 2024 @09:52AM (#40378487)
They have? Do you play popular video games? Many of them have had to change their presentation or behavior based on regulation that's mostly sourced from the EU. Many games have region locks so they can perform more or less spying on people.
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