Apple and Google, not social media companies, should be responsible for checking users’ ages to ensure they are not underage, Zuckerberg told lawmakers, suggesting it would be “trivial” for Congress to design legislation regulating app store owners.

Zuckerberg seeks to place responsibility onto Apple and Google for underage social media use::Apple and Google, not social media companies, should be responsible for checking users’ ages to ensure they are not underage, Zuckerberg told lawmakers, suggesting it would be “trivial” for Congress to design legislation regulating app store owners.

  • BogasseEnglish
    50·
    11 months ago

    So we’ve reached the point where the web doesn’t exist anymore in the general opinion, it’s just wall gardened apps now ? 🙁 #web4.0

    • TwilightVulpine@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      For the average user, might as well. Most people don’t use PCs in casual settings and most Android phones come with Facebook preinstalled.

      • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
        4·
        11 months ago

        Especially in developing countries. A lot of people there have literally never experienced the open web.

        • BogasseEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          Ow, this one seems to particularly suck 🙁