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Meta says vetting of teens downloading apps should fall on appstores (thehill.com)
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Meta says blame should fall on appstores. What willl be next, web browsers? or search engines ??

will search engines have to vett people age to use Facebook too?

edit: i'm changing the news article to one with no pay wall. went from Washingtonpost to the hill

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[โ€“] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Vetting of the app downloads should fall on the app stores.

Vetting of the platform usage should fall on the platform owners.

The app isn't the problem any more than a web browser is - it's a dumb front-end for the platform. The platform is the problem.

[โ€“] burtek@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Meta trying to blame and put responsibility on someone else? That's a first ๐Ÿ™ƒ

[โ€“] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

For sure, but it's worth calling out.