cross-posted from: https://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: π Paid in annual installments over a 10-year period
π States receive the money, not the victims
π€ 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"
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 ;)
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
save