Meta’s Teen Safety Deal Runs Into an Unsolved Problem: Proving Age

Meta settlement’s age verification requirements spark fears of lost privacy, free speech rights

The landmark settlement state attorneys general secured against Meta will require more robust age verification methods, alarming First Amendment advocates who worry it will intrude on users' privacy and lead to dangerous crackdowns on free speech.

POLITICS: Meta’s Teen Crackdown Sparks Surveillance Fears

Photo: Chinnapong / Shutterstock The settlement that forces Meta to build nationwide teen safeguards didn’t solve the hard part; it turned age assurance itself into the product requirement that everything else depends on. The Short Version The court-approved deal mandates age assurance and default use limits for U.S. teens on Facebook and Instagram, with enforceable timelines and audits. Independent testing thresholds make the age checks measura…

Meta’s teen safety deal runs into an unsolved problem: proving age

Meta’s landmark settlement with nearly every US state promises curfews and time limits for teens on Instagram and Facebook − but rests on age and parent checks nobody has figured out how to make work.The deal, which ended a federal trial in Oakland, California, on Wednesday, gives Meta one year to identify which of its...

Meta's US Teen Rules Put Age Verification At Centre Of India's Child-Safety Debate: Experts | #childsafety | #kids | #chldern | #parents | #schoolsafey - National Cyber Security Consulting

New Delhi: Meta's landmark settlement with a coalition of US states puts age assurance at the centre of the company's latest child-safety measures, with under-18 users on Facebook and Instagram set to face default limits on screen time, night-time access and notifications. The deal, approved by a judge, requires a two-hour daily limit, a midnight to […] Thank you for subscribing to our RSS feed! The post Meta's US Teen Rules Put Age Verification…

The Guardian: Key witness in Meta trial says terms of settlement insufficient to halt apps’ harms to teenagers

The Guardian: Key witness in Meta trial says terms of settlement insufficient to halt apps’ harms to teenagers. “The star witness in the US government’s landmark trial against Meta believes that a multibillion-dollar settlement reached on Wednesday does not go far enough to stop the social media giant’s harms to young users. ‘The limitations that are in the agreement are the equivalent of saying: “Well, you can smoke as many cigarettes as you ca…