Meta $18 Billion even less than a slap on the wrist & Open Letter to competitors
from madeindex@lemmy.world to privacy@lemmy.ml on 27 Aug 13:04
https://lemmy.world/post/51177253

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/51177007

Think the roughly $18 Billion Meta has settled for over child safety is a slap on the wrist?

Wait until you see the actual details: 😀 Paid in annual installments over a 10-year period

😜 States receive the money, not the victims

🤑 30% will only be paid if YouTube & TikTok:

"…pay an amount matching the 30% figure “…implement a one-hour Daily Limit, Night Mode, and age assurance measures”

about.fb.com/…/agreement-with-state-attorneys-gen…

Meta even wrote a wonderfully open letter to their competitors!

Sadly now everyone will have to verify themselves, too bad for Meta, now they will have to collect even more data - which we know they totally oppose and hate ;)

#privacy

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gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml on 27 Aug 14:50 next collapse

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

floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 27 Aug 18:04 collapse

democracy=corruption and other enlightened takes

gleaminggoat@sh.itjust.works on 27 Aug 16:40 next collapse

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.

reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net on 27 Aug 19:04 next collapse

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

jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works on 28 Aug 01:44 collapse

social media is their entire (profitable) business

pineapple@lemmy.ml on 28 Aug 11:34 collapse

I took it as a joke, obviously meta will never divest or be required to divest there entire social media branch.

FoxAlive@lemmy.zip on 28 Aug 01:38 next collapse

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.

madeindex@lemmy.world on 30 Aug 23:30 collapse

100% haha

jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works on 28 Aug 01:48 collapse

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.

madeindex@lemmy.world on 30 Aug 23:29 collapse

It is related: parental supervision, id verification and pushing for the same on TikTok & Youtube :)